I guess I'll follow JenM's wonderful format for when she started this last year. ;) I just added an additional 2 questions. :)

Here's our journal, ladies :)

I know we've done this before.. but lets start by answering some questions and introducing ourselves:


1) What is your name and family stats? (babies names, ages, etc...)
(ETA: Feel free to post pics! )
2) How long have you been a SAHM?
2a) If your a WAHM for how long and what do you do?
3) What did you do before this wonderful new job?
4) What does DH/SO do?
5) What are your priorities for each day? Where do you feel you need the most help with motivation in getting things done each day?
6) What do you hope to get out of this journal?

subbing, BBL to answer the questions :wavey:

1) What is your name and family stats? (babies names, ages, etc...) I'm Shel. Married to David for 5 1/2 years. We have 4 kids: Kaleb 12 and Jacob 9 (from my first marriage) Riley, 3 and Owen 4 months.


2) How long have you been a SAHM? I stayed at home with Kaleb and until Jacob was 2, then went to work until Riley was born, stayed home with her until she was 18 months (working some from home), and then worked until August when I was very sick while pregnant with Owen.


2a) If your a WAHM for how long and what do you do?


3) What did you do before this wonderful new job? I was a small business accountant. I worked some from home and some at clients' offices.


4) What does DH/SO do? He works for Quaker/Gatorade/Pepsi etc.


5) What are your priorities for each day? Where do you feel you need the most help with motivation in getting things done each day? Considering I'm homeschooling the older boys, that's my main priority. Keeping everyone fed is the other :lol: I try to get a little laundry and dishes done everyday. Other than that, it's a free for all. My goal is to try and start doing one other project a day instead of killing my self to do 18 things at once because someone is coming over. My other goal is to dump my excess baby weight by summer, which means at some point I need to find some time to exercise :rolleyes:


6) What do you hope to get out of this journal? Keep me motivated!

1) What is your name and family stats? (babies names, ages, etc...) Anne, 32, SAHM and Caroline, 3, drama queen and Disney Princess in training!
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2) How long have you been a SAHM? Since December 6, 2000 - was taken out of work due to swelling, and Caroline was born *unexpectedly* the following morning!
2a) If your a WAHM for how long and what do you do? n/a
3) What did you do before this wonderful new job? legal secretary
4) What does DH/SO do? James is a CPA, so this is his super busy (i.e., never home!) time.
5) What are your priorities for each day? Where do you feel you need the most help with motivation in getting things done each day? I need help in motivation for cleaning...it's so much easier to just hang out on the computer or watch TIVOed shows
6) What do you hope to get out of this journal? Well, it's not as though I don't know everyone since just about before we were thinking of having babies, so it's another place to hang out!

1) What is your name and family stats? (babies names, ages, etc...) ETA: Feel free to post pics!
I'm Dawn (soon to be 32!) and I'm married to James (32). We will be married for 4 years this June 9th. We have 2 beautiful daughters: Alexia Marie just turned 3 on March 25th and Angelina Nicole just turned 4 mos. on March 26th

I don't have recent pics cuz I'm the biggest slacker when it comes to downloading pics off the camera to the computer, but.....

here's Alexia a couple mos. ago:
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Here's Angelina about a month ago. I must upload more current pics cuz newborns change so fast! But something is better than nothing I suppose. :biggrin:

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BOth of my Princesses :heart: :

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2) How long have you been a SAHM?
I've been a SAHM since Alexia was born (well, actually 6 wks. before sh
e was born)
2a) If your a WAHM for how long and what do you do?
N/A

3) What did you do before this wonderful new job?

I was an Executive Assistant. I worked for the President of a very large waste management company (think Sopranos :lol: ) for 7 yrs.

4) What does DH/SO do? .
He's a Union Ironworker.

5) What are your priorities for each day? Where do you feel you need the most help with motivation in getting things done each day?
My priorities each day are first my 2 girls, making sure they are of course taken care of...not only as in being fed, etc., but doing activities and playing with them...things like that.

As far as chores & errands, I keep a running list of things I need to do during the week...it includes big projects around the house, phone calls that have to be made, places I need to go (return something, buy something, pick something up, etc.). Of course I tackle the really important things first that MUST get done, followed by big cleaning that needs to get done at the house. Everyday I minimally make sure that the kitchen is always clean, and things are picked up so it doesn't look so bad to the eye (god forbid of pop up visitors). As long as this is done, I feel ok. The basic everyday cleaning does not get included on my list...it's usually a given. I really don't do daily lists, and part of it is because I hate the feeling of not accomplishing anything off of it if I couldn't get around to doing it. So by doing a weekly one I feel that more things are crossed off by the time the end of the week comes. :lol: If I can get ALOT of things crossed off my list come Friday, I'm a happy woman! :biggrin: James goes back to work on Monday (after taking off almost 2 mos!) so I have no choice but to get my priorities in order (James home=Dawn gets lazy :blush: ) :lol:

6) What do you hope to get out of this journal?
Like Shel said, MOTIVATION! I can be the WORST procrastinator in the world! I need some girls to kick me in the butt, so to speak! :lol: I also feel that it will be nice to 'hang' with other Mammas who are home during the day as well (especially since I'm not in any playgroups IRL). I feel sharing our to-do lists, our vents of what our days are like, or anything else will be really nice for both support and motivation!!!

1) What is your name and family stats? (babies names, ages, etc...)
(ETA: Feel free to post pics! )

I'm Carla, married to Mark. We've been married since August 2000 and have two adorable kids. Ethan is almost 3 (May 6, 2002) and Shaylee is 7.5 months old (August 13, 2004)

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2) How long have you been a SAHM?

I've been SAH for just over 3 years.

3) What did you do before this wonderful new job?

I was a cashier.

4) What does DH/SO do?

He's a cashier.

5) What are your priorities for each day? Where do you feel you need the most help with motivation in getting things done each day?

My priorities are to get through the day without having several nervous breakdowns :lol: . I also try to make sure the house is moderately clean (more for saftey's sake) and laundry is done. It's so hard to keep up with everything when you have two kids fighting over you all day, so anything that gets done is a huge sucess (when I have free time I like to spend it on the computer or scrapbooking; I need some down time to keep sane). I think I need more motivation to get out of the house and keep things cleaner though.

6) What do you hope to get out of this journal?

I hope to get support, motivation, a place where others are going through the same things and, like last time, a place to make goals where I am somewhat accountable to try to keep them.

After I went to do something else, I realized I didn't put my top priorotiy :slap: . The kids are my number one priority. That's why it's so hard to get anything done as I'm spending all my time with them. I had written something to that effect, but accidently erased it.

I am so tired. Shaylee would not sleep last night. I don't know how I'm going to get through the day. When she finally slept (After Mark took her out for a while around 6am), Ethan was up. I sure hope the kids want to nap today.

Today, I want to get the dishes done, do some laundry (some is washing now, I just have to hang it out) and keep the living room somewhat tidy.

Today was playgroup day, but we couldn't get ourselves together early enough to go and make it worth our while. I wish we could get ourselves together a little better.

Carla, OMG, we're in the same boat. Angelina hardly slept last night too! I'm so tired myself. Try to take it easy today (i know easier said than done). :bighug:

Angelina is teething like crazy, and Tylenol don't help (that's why she's been up). I have to ask her Dr. about trying something else that will work better. She's sleeping now, TG, but I have to leave soon to pick Alexia up from preschool.

Well, it's going to be like 60 degrees out today SO I'll have Alexia spend some time outside. I know she's wanting to ride her motorized Barbie Jeep! It's been raining so she couldn't. While she's doing that and I can still keep an eye on her, I think I'm going to clean the inside of my car. :nod:

As far as doing things in the house, my main thing for today is laundry. I forgot I have a load of the girls' clothes sitting in the wash from yesterday, so I have to run it through again. Then I'll try to do another 2 or 3 loads more. There is always laundry to be done around here! :disbelief:

That's pretty much it for today, besides my everyday kitchen cleaning and picking up, etc. :)

Have a good day everyone! :wavey:

Owen didn't sleep well either. And it didn't help that I had the 2 older ones had a friend stay over last night and they stayed up until 2AM!! Of course, it's 10:30 and they are still sleeping and I've been up since 5 :rolleyes:

It's going to be 72 here today, so we are going outside. During naptime I need to get my kitchen floor swept thanks to Riley throwing cupcake around. I have a little laundry to fold and put away (I have to do laundry everyday. That sucks!) I did all of our errands yesterday so I can stay home today. I really want to scrapbook today, but we'll see how that goes.

Ian hasn't slept well since Friday night! :sleepy: I don't know what is up with him! He just wakes up and decides he doesn't want to go back to sleep! Makes for a very tired Momma!

Going to answer the original questions now! :bolt:

1) What is your name and family stats? (babies names, ages, etc...) I'm Theresa, age 29, married to Keith, age 34, for 7 years! :woo: We have Ellie, age 3, and Ian, age 17 months. :)
(ETA: Feel free to post pics! ) Don't have any really recent ones. :blush:

2) How long have you been a SAHM? Since December 7, 2001. That's when I went into pre-term labor with Ellie. She was born 3 weeks later.

2a) If your a WAHM for how long and what do you do? N/A

3) What did you do before this wonderful new job? I was a medical receptionist/biller for an ophthalmology office.

4) What does DH/SO do? He is a computer technician for ESPN, but he's looking for a new job.

5) What are your priorities for each day? Where do you feel you need the most help with motivation in getting things done each day? First is spending time with God. I try and start each day with prayer and a little Bible reading. Once the kids are up, my main priority is making sure they're taken care of. Also, I try to keep the house somewhat clean and I do the dishes and one load of laundry every day. That's the plan at least. It doesn't always work out that way. :lol:

6) What do you hope to get out of this journal? Hopefully, get to know some other moms going through the same struggles and get to know some other moms better! :)

1) What is your name and family stats? (babies names, ages, etc...)
(ETA: Feel free to post pics! ) I'm Chris, 24. DH is Robb, 25. Trey is 2, and we are expecting #2 November 12, 2005
2) How long have you been a SAHM? I was a SAHW starting in July of 2002. I had a really rough pregnancy, and couldn't hack working, so I quit my job and stayed home.
2a) If your a WAHM for how long and what do you do?
3) What did you do before this wonderful new job? I worked at a daycare with the 2 year olds
4) What does DH/SO do? Robb is a network administrator for Charter Communications
5) What are your priorities for each day? Where do you feel you need the most help with motivation in getting things done each day? Trey is my main priority every day. I try to spend as much of the day with him as possible. I try to do at least one room a day, so I'm always on top of things. I'm pretty anal about my house being clean, so rarely is it out of control, but I do need help being motivated to get laundry folded and put away :lol:
6) What do you hope to get out of this journal?Motivation for the most part :)

1) What is your name and family stats? (babies names, ages, etc...)
(ETA: Feel free to post pics! )
Mandy age 27, married to Jeremy (32) for almost 5 years in May!
DS: Aiden age 1 1/2
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2) How long have you been a SAHM? Since the day Aiden was born.

2a) If your a WAHM for how long and what do you do?
I celebrate 1 year of doing my sewing for hire in April - but I will be cutting back as soon as I can get the message up. Aiden is currently in full time daycare - and will be coming out of daycare COMPLETELY! So, I can have him at home with me and do the whole SAH thing mostly. I had too many things going on at one point and needed the help of daycare.

3) What did you do before this wonderful new job? I was a stay at home wife! :lol:

4) What does DH/SO do? My husband is a physicist and plays with lasers and vacuums - but I am told that it is not the same kind of vacuum that I use. ;)

5) What are your priorities for each day? Where do you feel you need the most help with motivation in getting things done each day?
Getting off the computer is where I lack motivation.... :lol: If you see me online, please PM me and tell me to get back to work. :lol:

6) What do you hope to get out of this journal?
I think it was nice to chat with other ladies who SAH. I also enjoyed hearing new ideas to entertain a toddler.

:lol: So much for all the loads of laundry I wanted to do yesterday! I only did the one load...shame on me! It was so gorgeous outside, I wanted to take advantage! So we had fun outside. :)

Today Alexia starts storytime at the library. It's for 1/2 hr. and I have to call cuz I forgot if it starts at 11 am or 11:30.

Today I would like to:
- DO LAUNDRY (at LEAST 2 more loads)
- mail out invites for Alexia's bday party
- Clean the bathroom

:)

Carla & Shel, I hope your lil' ones slept better last night. Angelina did...thank god!

1) What is your name and family stats? (babies names, ages, etc...)
(ETA: Feel free to post pics! ) Maggie is less than a month from being 3, and Katie is 15 months.

2) How long have you been a SAHM? About a month less than 3 years. :lol:

2a) If your a WAHM for how long and what do you do? I do some website design & consulting and I run an online community...

3) What did you do before this wonderful new job? I used to be Special Projects Manager for eCommerce - NAFTA CE. Basically, I coordinated the efforts of the Consumer Electronics division of a multinational company to make the website work to everyone's advantage. What I actually did was sit in on alot of meetings and tell people what we couldn & couldn't do because of the technical infrastructure that was out of my control.

4) What does DH/SO do? He is a partial owner of a small consulting comany (that will hopefully be much larger before too long!)

5) What are your priorities for each day? Where do you feel you need the most help with motivation in getting things done each day? Making sure the girls are well cared for is the main thing. I am trying to make sure to add taking good care of myself back into the equation as well. Taking care of my other work is high on the list, too. Runnig the house factors in below all those (which accounts for why my house is never as clean as I would like it)

6) What do you hope to get out of this journal? Dunno... thinking doens't often make it to the priority list! :lol:

I MUST clean the bathrooms today (as well as trips to Target and Kohls)! If you see me online this afternoon, PM me and ask me if the bathrooms are finished.....

1) What is your name and family stats? (babies names, ages, etc...)
(ETA: Feel free to post pics! ) I'm Jen, DH is Nathan. Ben is 2 years, 4 months and Katie is 3 1/2 months old.

2) How long have you been a SAHM? About 3 1/2 months minus two weeks back at work for my notice to retain accrued leave.

3) What did you do before this wonderful new job? I was a Clinical Research Associate - I travelled to doctors offices and made sure that they were doing pharmaceutical research correctly. When Ben was a baby, I was in a Masters program and working part time doing health services research.

4) What does DH/SO do? Right now, he's a post doctorate researcher. Soon, he'll either be a Materials Researcher at one of two companies. Either way, we'll be moving in about a month. :eek:

5) What are your priorities for each day? Where do you feel you need the most help with motivation in getting things done each day? With such a little one, making sure both kids are dressed and fed is a task! :lol: After that, I like to get dinner on the table and at least one load of laundry done. The rest, I'm still trying to figure out.

6) What do you hope to get out of this journal? I'm looking forward to comparing notes with other SAHMs. Since we're moving, I haven't tried to get to know other SAHMs in the area, so it will be nice to get tips from others!

Jen, where are you moving?

How pathetic is it that I can't even get motivated to make a list of things to do later? I guess the first item on my list is to make a to-do list.

However, I already have dinner started (tortilla soup in the crockpot), folded a load and started a load of laundry.

me too Shel, me too :lol2:

Just got back from storytime at the library and made lunch for Lexie. OK, so ask what the heck I'm doing on here!? :lol: I have a bathroom to clean really good, and laundry, amongst other things..... I did manage to get her party invites mailed out today! :aok:

Shel - is that Lynn's tortilla soup? If so, I made it for the first time last week and it was soooooo good! :lick:

OMG, dinner....I don't have a clue! Yikes! :lol:

:wavey: Hope everyone's having a good day. Today was kind of wasted. NOt enough motivation to do much as I'm so tired. The kids were a real challange to stay in bed last night. I did do some dishes and clean some of our bedroom and change our bed linens. I might try to clean the kitchen floor tonight before bed and put some laundry away later. I'm re-starting my diet tommorow so I have to plan some meals or I'll be lost for a few days.

Shel - is that Lynn's tortilla soup? If so, I made it for the first time last week and it was soooooo good! :lick:

This is one from my crockpot cooking book. Really easy. I had leftover chicken from the Swiss Chicken Casserole the other day that I HAD to use tonight.

I cleaned all 3 bathrooms to sparkliness, so am proud of myself. However, I plan to tell DH that if he doesn't start rinsing out the sink after brushing his teeth, I'm not going to allow him to use toothpaste anymore! :nono: That stuff hardens like cement....

However, all this joy is tempered by the fact that like a moron I forgot to take any meat out of the freezer for dinner so I don't know what we're going to have... May have to whip out the corn chowder recipe I've been pondering.

I had a good day! I got the dishes done, the dishwasher ran, the living room cleaned, and all the bed linens changed! :up: A productive day for me! :)

DH and I are going out to dinner tonight as soon as he gets home from the gym! :woo: No kids!! :banana:

This recipe was awful; I was so disappointed. Caroline and I took one bite, looked at each other and she said "Mom, this is NOT good." So we had PB&J for dinner. :blush:

May have to whip out the corn chowder recipe I've been pondering.

This recipe was awful; I was so disappointed. Caroline and I took one bite, looked at each other and she said "Mom, this is NOT good." So we had PB&J for dinner. :blush:

Some day's there's nothing worse than a bad recipe. Sometimes I'm reluctant to try new things for that reason.

Shaylee is sick, which is probably why she hasn't been sleeping lately. I don't think it's anything serious, hopefully just teething (she was like this a few days before her last teeth emerged too).

I didn't get all I wanted to get done yesterday and probably won't today either. Shaylee just doesn't want to be put down and when she is, Ethan hops right in her place. He may be staying overnight to his grandparent's house tonight (IL's) so I'm really hoping for that. One clingy kid I can deal with but two just makes me want to pull my hair out!

So, I basically am just going to plan on tidying, some laundry and whatever else I can get done :lol: . I'm planning on making ham and collard greens for supper tonight. I'll probably put it in the crockpot so I won't have to fuss over it. I feel like a walking zombie so I would probably forget about it the way I feel right now.

I have a good easy corn chowder recipe if you want, my dear.

Owen slept 11-5, so I'm up and at 'em today! Already finished 2 loads of laundry and straightened Owen's room :up:

Today I'm tackling the top of my fridge (which is apparently the catch all for everyone's crap) and going to try and clean out Riley's toybox :(

We did grocery shopping today and stopping at Target for the prescription I completely forgot to pick up yesterday! (I did actually go to Target yesterday, just spent so much time looking around that I forgot to go to the pharmacy! :doh: ) So I ran the dishwasher, made the beds, put the groceries away, and am relaxing until DH gets home and we go out for dinner to celebrate the one day a week that he's home at a reasonable hour! :woo:

The bathroom got cleaned yesterday really good! I'm glad it's done. Anne, your luckily I didn't see you on the couple times I was on, cuz I really was about to PM you asking if your bathrooms were done yet! :lol:

I went to the post office today, then we had some contractors come down to give some estimates for the kitchen, and I'm doing some more laundry (what else is new?). I'm so glad it's friday! Everyone have a good weekend! Any plans? We're gonna buy a 4-drawer filing cabinet (that we desperately need..we currently have a 2-drawer) and a Dyson! :banana: Sun we're eating an early dinner at MIL's.

Anne, your luckily I didn't see you on the couple times I was on, cuz I really was about to PM you asking if your bathrooms were done yet! :lol:

I saw her on AOL IM and that was the first thing I asked her :lol:


I'm so jealous of the Dyson. I keep telling DH we need to have our parents chip in on one for my birthday :)



I didn't get the fridge or toybox done, but I did help Jake and Kaleb clean out their drawers and closet. That was a big enough project in itself!

I'm here but had too much to drink while out. I will be around to post when I can type without backspacing a hundred times.

:lol: Stacy!

Today I got nothing accomplished, but I'm going to make up for it Monday. We have a painter coming Tuesday to paint our living room (:woo: ) and I need to get the room cleared out, so that will pretty much take up a big chunk of the day. So, if anyone sees me on here Monday, feel free to PM me and yell! :lol:

I did completely nothing useful today, because we spent the day at my parents' house visiting for our postponed Easter dinner (Caroline was sick last Saturday when we were initially going). However, this time James was sick, so it was just me and Caroline. What a surprise, just like the other six days of my week! :rolleyes: Am so freakin' excited tax season ends in 12 more days! :woo:

Hey Stacy! :wavey:
Theresa - how exciting your getting your LR painted! And even better that you hired a painter! :up:

Anne - Yah that tax season ends for you! You get your hubby back! :lol:

I got some things done yesterday:

laundry
helped primed some of the basement
sorted thru some of the girls' clothes that they outgrew

(not much, but like Theresa, I'll make up for it this coming week.) :lol:

And I think that's it. It was a little bit of a hairy day anyway with both the girls. Days like that it's hard to get anything accomplished.

TOday we're going to MIL's house. Taking it easy when we come home. Tomorrow (Monday) is a brand new day. DH goes back to work, so that means I go back to work. :lol: I will have some major to do lists going on that's for sure.

Jen, where are you moving?

That's one of the problems, we're not sure yet. :eek: Either Albany, NY or Frederick, MD. DH has a job in Albany, but is interviewing for his dream job in Frederick on Wednesday. :silly: He just said to me yesterday that this is the kind of crazy thing we keep getting ourselves into.

Let's see... Today was great - we took Ben to the zoo after skipping church because it was daylight savings time. :blush: Not a good reason, but some weeks any reason not to wrangle two kids during the service looks good!

Yesterday, DH helped and we got some major cleaning done in our room. We knew when we moved in that we wouldn't be staying long, so every room got organized except ours. When we're getting ready for someone to visit, guess where all the clutter goes? Yep, our room. But, I feel much better about it now.

This week is going to be completely nuts. Tomorrow is grocery shopping and laundry. Tuesday and Wednesday are in Frederick. The rest of the week is getting ready for the kids and I to go to Phoenix to visit my parents. We'll be gone 8 days - I can hardly wait!!! I'll miss DH, but seeing my parents and having help and the great weather - gonna be terrific!

Today I did two loads of laundry, sorted through outgrown stuff (Caroline's, not mine! :lol: ) and cut coupons for the coupon train. My main project for this week is finding a baby shower gift. Any cool suggestions? This is her second, so she doesn't *need* clothes and the like (although I got an outfit anyway, every baby deserves to have some stuff that isn't handed down!)

Today I need to;

*do loads of laundry
*go to Y to workout
*go to chiroprator for 8:30
*organize linen closet
*start new diet
*clean out chest freezer and move upstairs

We are having lasagne for dinner. It's a frozen pre-made kind. I need to pick up salad fixings to go with it.

Anne, does your friend know the sex of the baby? Either way, you can't go wrong with an outfit and maybe a gift card as well!? :) OR, how about a gift card to have pics taken (like at JCPenney's or whatever). It doesn't have to be alot of money, but anything will help cuz I'm sure she's going to want to have pics of her 2 kids together. :)

Alexia does not have school today or Wed. due to spring break.

Today's list:

~ Doctor's office (Alexia has her 3 yr. well visit and Angelina has her 4 mo. visit)
~ Food store (not for food shopping, but need to get a lot of things we're out of)
~ Decide on a paint color for the basement and a coordinating color for the lower portion of the playroom!!!
~ Fold and put clothes away from the laundry
~ Doing more loads of laundry would be nice
~ Mail out the rest of our 'moving magnets' w/ our new address & ph # to the rest of our family/friends.

I know there's more....but I can't remember off the top of my head what else I really needed to do.

Diapers. Everyone can use diapers! That was my favorite gift when I had O.

DH is on vacation tonight :woo: so we are playing today and tomorrow. Sticking dinner in the crockpot and we are out of here (no idea where we are going yet......)

Diapers. Everyone can use diapers! That was my favorite gift when I had O.


I was going to suggest the same thing! :nod: Or maybe a new diaper bag.

I know. I'm supposed to be working, but I really needed a break. I did get to the grocery store this morning and the kids have been just driving me nuts today!! :tearhair: Ian's napping now and Ellie is watching TV, so I'm taking a 5 minute break. Going to go back to work now! :bolt:

Hi, Ladies! Thought I'd join in!


1) What is your name and family stats? (babies names, ages, etc...)
(ETA: Feel free to post pics! ) I am Vicky and dh is Drew. We've been together for 10 years and married for 3. We have a 3 1/2 month old son Samuel.
2) How long have you been a SAHM? Just since having Sam.
2a) If your a WAHM for how long and what do you do? Actually I have to look for a part-time job nights/weekends to help make ends meet. I am a Librarian, and I've been looking for a while, but no one has been looking for part-time help in my field recently, so I'm thinking of applying at the competition--the BOOKSTORE. ;)
3) What did you do before this wonderful new job? Full-time Reference Librarian.
4) What does DH/SO do? He's a Computer Technician for a radiology company.
5) What are your priorities for each day? Where do you feel you need the most help with motivation in getting things done each day? I feel like I can't get ahead. I can usually get the kitchen looking okay, the bed made, and maybe some laundry done, but since our house is a "fixer-upper", I want to accomplish more like stripping the wallpaper border in the livingroom or sewing some curtains for Sam's room.
6) What do you hope to get out of this journal? It is a whole new experience for me being home, so I'm hoping to find out that I'm not the only one trying so hard to get so little done! :nod:


P.S. Shel--I'd love that corn chowder recipe you mentioned. Dh loves the stuff, and I don't think I've ever made it at home. Thanks!

Well, I finally got some sleep after Sam woke up 3 times during his first 2 hours of sleep last night. I think he's teething, so we finally gave him some tylenol.

So, today: Went to storytime at the library (went okay, but Sam was very hungry and therefore very CRANKY by the time it was over, so had to come home right away instead of chatting and visiting with other moms like I would have liked to. Oh, well...) About to get the dishwasher going and eat some lunch. Will then fold some laundry and put another load in. After that, I'd like to get the office more organized, if I have time (if Sam is still napping). Been wanting to get to the fabric store lately, too, to maybe find some cloth for curtains for Sam's room and the bathroom, but that's sort-of a goal for the whole week. I think I also need to hunt down some deals on 6-9 month clothes for Sam as he's growing so fast! Well, I'd better get busy! Ciao!

Well, I got the living room all cleared out! I also picked the color I want it painted. It's called "Elation" and is a very pale blue/purple. It's going to look great! :aok: I've never had a painter before. I feel very spoiled. :lol: Normally, we would just do it ourselves, but this is a big job and I'd rather just pay someone so it can be done, ya know? Besides, this guy is a friend of ours and is cutting us a deal. :aok:

Vicky, I noticed you're from CT. What part? I'm in Bristol. :)

I got some laundry done today.
I organized all the supplies for Dylan's b-day party this weekend including assembling the loot bag thingies for the kids.
I am 90% done with the linen closet.
I went to the chirpractor then I went and worked out at the Y.
I made cupcakes for my BF's son's b-day tomorrow.

I still hope to get some more laundry done and the linen closet finished tonight.

Vicky, I noticed you're from CT. What part? I'm in Bristol. :)

Hi, Theresa! We live in Manchester--not too far. I used to work in Southington which is just a stone's throw from you. Small world!

YAY! Vicki's here! Will PM you that recipe!

Yesterday was a total blow off day! DH took a vacation day and we took the kids swimming, came home and ordered pizza with the ILs and rode bikes. Now it's back to the real world. I'm taking O for his 4 month check up while DH take the other kids to storytime/library. Today is just "maintenance day" since I haven't picked up or cleaned the kitchen since Saturday :blush:

Today we're going to storytime at the library, and I have to stop at the grocery store for a few things (how does DH manage to drink 3 QUARTS of orange juice in two days? That makes my stomach hurt to think about!) Then I need to put away LOTS of laundry that's piled around the bedroom, and change our sheets. I have to do it today because tomorrow's gong to be a total blowoff day after school in the morning; going to be 76 degrees! :woo:

Here was my list from yesterday:

Today's list:

~ Doctor's office (Alexia has her 3 yr. well visit and Angelina has her 4 mo. visit) DONE
~ Food store (not for food shopping, but need to get a lot of things we're out of) DONE (still need to get american cheese, butter, pens and colorox wipes. Angelina started getting cranky and we had to jet (she had 4 vaccinations yesterday :blue: )
~ Decide on a paint color for the basement and a coordinating color for the lower portion of the playroom!!! still have to do!
~ Fold and put clothes away from the laundry DONE
~ Doing more loads of laundry would be nice - doing this now
~ Mail out the rest of our 'moving magnets' w/ our new address & ph # to the rest of our family/friends. Mostly DONE. Just a couple more.

Other things for today that I would like to get done:

- at least unpack 2 boxes.
- Go through paperwork clutter (we were suppose to buy a 4-drawer filing cabinet over the weekend but never did cuz of the weather). We're in desperate need of more room in the filing cabinet (we have a 2-drawer now that is filled to the max)!!!

If I can do that along with laundry, then that's not so bad. Having a hairy day today with the lil' one.

Hi, Theresa! We live in Manchester--not too far. I used to work in Southington which is just a stone's throw from you. Small world!

Manchester's not far at all! :) DH goes to the Borders in Manchester to play chess most Tuesdays. Cool! :up:

I can't get much done today. The painter has taken over my living room and I don't want to bother him too much, so I'm kind of hiding upstairs. I'm going to try to get some laundry done after he leaves, but that's about it. :)

Ack! I'm already getting behind in this thread. I've been so busy that it's been hard to get in. The house is clean! I have a ton of dishes as we had company over for supper, but I'm not going to worry about them for now.

I'm still so tired as the kids are just not sleeping well and I'm getting no sleep. Shaylee is starting to feel better; I'm sure if she would just SLEEP she'd be back to normal in no time :lol: .

Dawn, when I read your last post, it got me thinking of the many boxes we still haven't unpacked from December :blush: . I could probably get rid of it all and not miss it, lol! Our basement has TONS of stuff I just can't get a chance to go through. At this point I can't bring the kids down there, when ever Mark has a day off we get busy with other stuff and we can never seem to find anyone to watch the kids. Someday.....

Dawn, when I read your last post, it got me thinking of the many boxes we still haven't unpacked from December :blush: . I could probably get rid of it all and not miss it, lol! Our basement has TONS of stuff I just can't get a chance to go through. At this point I can't bring the kids down there, when ever Mark has a day off we get busy with other stuff and we can never seem to find anyone to watch the kids. Someday.....
I hear ya. :nod: Well, the worst part is this....we STILL have LOTS of boxes at my sister's house (she was holding them in 'storage' so to speak)! SO...in a couple wks. we will pick them up...they'll be in our basement and we have to one by one go thru them all (garbage, sell, donate, keep) and I'm dreading it cuz this stuff she was holding for us for a really long time. Like you, if we just get rid of it I bet that we won't miss anything in there! :lol: We unpacked the important stuff, of course, but there's still boxes here and there in each room! Ugh!

It’s going to be gorgeous out today (71 degrees) so anything that needs to get done indoors, can wait til tomorrow. I’m having Alexia’s big bday party on Sat. so the girls and I are going to go to a couple catering places for prices for some things. We’re probably gonna get a couple 6-ft. subs and a tray or two of something hot (baked ziti or whatever). I also need to pick up a couple things for the favor buckets.



Well, my computer is acting crazy again, so let me run before it turns off on me!

It's nice here too so I have a big line of laundry out. Good thing as we had quite a fiasco last night. One of our guests flooded the toilet, which flooded the whole upstairs and it was leaking through the ceiling into the kitchen :eek: . I was sorting through clothes yesterday so now I have to wash everything that was on the floors, on the bottom shelves of the linen closets not to mention the tons of towels they used to clean it up with. Our dryer isn't working so we may have to go to the laundromat later as I'm running out of places to hang things.

Needless to say other than that, I'm only planning on giving the floors a good scrubbing when Mark gets home. The house is still clean and the dishes are mostly done. I put all the stuff away this morning that didn't get wet as well as the laundry I'd been putting off putting away since we'll need the baskets. I'd love to get out of the house but I have to wait for the plumber to come. I think we'll go outside after as it's a shame to waste such a nice day.

I went to the gym today, so that almost counts as enough for me. :biggrin: But during naptime I'm going to change the sheets on our bed and consider putting away our down comforter (which pretty much assures that it will be -27 degrees, whichever night I do it...)

It's going to rain here, but DH is home this morning, so I may run away for awhile before he has to go to bed. Later today I have to get this house straightened up. It's killing me!

The painter is still in control of the living room, so I'm kind of hiding upstairs. I'm catching up on laundry and have everything that is washed and dried folded! :aok: It's a nice day, so the kids and I went outside and will probably go back out later.

Pleas say a prayer for DH. He has a job interview this afternoon. If he gets this job, it would mean better hours, more money and (hopefully) benefits. I SO hope he gets it. :pray:

I hope he gets the job, Theresa! :crossfing

Well, I have like 5 projects to do. Only one is finished, and it's Wednesday. Ugh. But, I cannot seem to pry my arse from this seat.... I even turned the computer off earlier - only to turn it back on again. :fryingpan

Oh, but I FINALLY have all my laundry caught up! :woo: Only took a few months....

Good luck to your dh Theresa! I notice that there seems to be a lot of turnover at ESPN--you'd think with such a big company they'd try harder to make their employees happy. What town is the job interview?

Let's see...today I folded two loads of laundry and packed up all the trash and brought it out to the curb (Wednesday is trash day because they do pickup early Thursday mornings). I spent quite a bit of time playing with Sam, and called the ped office because he is teething and I wanted to see what is safe to give him. It figures--just got over colic and now he's teething! And it's only the top teeth--bottom gum is still soft, so looks like this is gonna be a long process. I keep looking at all the dishes in the sink, telling myself I should unload and reload the dishwasher, but I just have NO ENERGY today. I have to wash bottles before he wakes up from his nap, so I'll probably do the other dishes while I'm at it. Hope to take a walk after his nap to get out and enjoy the beautiful day. Well, time to go wash the bottles...

Thanks! The job is in Bristol, right down the road. :)

Caroline's nap was precisely 10 minutes long, thanks to a UPS truck backfiring several times right across from our house, so she's going to be a complete PILL this evening, I can see....

Hi! I'm joining in!

Going to answer the questions and then go read and catch up.


What is your name and family stats? (babies names, ages, etc...) I'm Colleen, married to Jeff since 9/22/00, SAHM to Avery (7/2702/) and Sabrina (5/4/04)
(ETA: Feel free to post pics! )
2) How long have you been a SAHM?Since 2 months before Avery was born. I was really lucky to be able to relax and enjoy the last 2 months of my pregnancy. :)
3) What did you do before this wonderful new job?I was a Human Resources Manager overseeing 350 people for a national medical diagnostic testing company. I usually worked 60-70 hours per week.
4) What does DH/SO do?Jeff is a civil engineer.
5) What are your priorities for each day? Where do you feel you need the most help with motivation in getting things done each day?To be with and spend time with my kids, and then do the house stuff. Kids come first, everything else, second.
6) What do you hope to get out of this journal?Feedback, support and conversation from others in the same boat!

Can I jump in? I am so bad at keeping up with these things, but I really WANT to be better at it!

1) What is your name and family stats? (babies names, ages, etc...)
(ETA: Feel free to post pics! ) I'm Michele, married to Scott and we have a son Jackson who is 17 months old


2) How long have you been a SAHM? Since the day Jackson was born

2a) If your a WAHM for how long and what do you do?

3) What did you do before this wonderful new job? I was an assitant project manager at an Architectural firm

4) What does DH/SO do? He is a trust accountant

5) What are your priorities for each day? Where do you feel you need the most help with motivation in getting things done each day? My top priorities for each day is making sure Jackson is happy/entertained/socialized/fed/etc. In addition to that I try and get some sort of time for myself each day (usually on here, but I should we working out instead!). After that comes the house work. The only thing I do every day is make the bed, make dinner (or order it!) and unload the dishwasher. I need to bed better at getting housework done, I just can't motivate myself to do it.

6) What do you hope to get out of this journal? Support, friendship, motivation!

I have gotten nothing done today! I haven't even made my bed, and I honestly don't feel like doing it. Jackson had Kindermusik this morning so we left the house at 8:45 for that, it was so nice out afterwards that I grabbed lunch for us at a sub shop and met some friends at the park. Jackson had so much fun at the park, and this is the first season he can actually use the park equipment...I was so nervous! No fear in that boy! We played from about 11-2, ate lunch at the park at a picnic table, then headed home for a nap...it is almost 4 and I think he just finally fell asleep! The 10 minute snooze in the car on the way home ruined the nap. I hate that!

Once I get my butt off the computer, I need to make my bed, start some laundry and get dinner figured out...that's all I am doing today!

:welcome: Colleen and Michele! :)

We’re back after spending some good time outside at the park. It is absolutely GORGEOUS outside and my spring fever is hittin’ pretty hard today! :lol:

Here is what I did today:

- Went to a couple caterers and got prices for the food for Lexie’s bday party on Sat. I have to look thru the stuff & talk it over with James tonight so we can decide by tomorrow.

- Post office

- Bought some favors to put into the beach buckets for the bday party.

- Got a sub and ate at the park and she played and even met a friend. :)
- Came home, my Dyson arrived! :woo: I put it together and vacuumed the downstairs. WOW…this thing is incredible!!!!! I am loving this vacuum!


And I guess that’s it. Tomorrow’s another day….

Oh, and welcome Michele & Colleen! :wavey:

I told DH I wanted our parents to chip in on a Dyson. Or one of those steam cleaner thingies from the infomercials. There is nothing on at 3am but informercials.

Today I have done 3 loads of laundry, dishes, taken Kaleb to band, went to the post office and for gas, picked Kaleb up from band and now I'm doing bills.

My big project next week is to get ready for the neighborhood yard sale on the 23rd. PLEASE keep reminding me to start pricing stuff!!!

OH! A Dyson! Nice! :aok:

Yesterday was a write off. We spent the day out. I left at 8:30am and didn't get home until about 10:00pm. :faint:

Today was also not so good.
Dylan had an OT re-check that sucked rotten lemons.
MY brother called and told me that my mom's best friend died suddenly last night, my mom's aunt died Friday and her brother's MIL, who she knew well too died. :( Very sad day for me.

I also have to re-schedule Dylan's b-day party for the 2nd time due to the funeral on Saturday. ugh!

I did get 4 packages mailed tonight though. :)

Well, after I posted earlier today, my day took a HUGE nosedive. After Sam's nap we played for a bit, and then I decided to take him to the fabric store because I wanted to get some fabric to make curtains for his room and the bathroom. We had a nice time while we were there (well, I did anyway, and he put up with it pretty well...). To make a long story really short, I left the store and as I was walking him in his stroller across the parking lot, a pickup truck hit his stroller!!!!!!!!! I was screaming before the guy bumped the stroller to get his attention, but he just kept coming! Fortunately, it only rocked the stroller to the side a bit (didn't fall to the ground) and I had Sam strapped in so he just got jostled a bit, but THEN the guy only stopped for a moment, and I was screaming at him and hitting the side window with the flat of my hand telling him to stop and get out of the car, and he just shrugged and drove off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you even BELIEVE THAT?!?!?!!!! Fortunately, lots of witnesses came out of the woodwork and wrote down the license plate number and called the police for me. Sam seemed fine, but when I got home (I was bawling my eyes out the whole way) I told my dh what happened and after feeding and changing him, we took him to the ER just to have him looked over to make sure he was really as fine as I thought. The doc said he doesn't see anything blatantly wrong and to keep an eye on him and to wake him up once during the night to make sure he's still okay.

I am just so emotionally drained right now. All I keep thinking is: What if I didn't have him strapped in his seat with the harness? He probably would have landed on the pavement... I'm not religious, but I am very spiritual, and I thanked God through my tears all the way home and many times since then. I think the guy must have been on something because we were literally 10 feet in FRONT (he wasn't even backing out of a parking space!) of him before he hit the stroller, and I think that's why he didn't stop and give his name, etc.--probably knew he'd be cited for drinking and driving or drugs. I really hope he gets what he deserves...

Oh, Vicky! :( How scary! :eek: I'm so glad he's ok! :hug99:

Yesterday was a write off. We spent the day out. I left at 8:30am and didn't get home until about 10:00pm. :faint:

Today was also not so good.
Dylan had an OT re-check that sucked rotten lemons.
MY brother called and told me that my mom's best friend died suddenly last night, my mom's aunt died Friday and her brother's MIL, who she knew well too died. :( Very sad day for me.

I also have to re-schedule Dylan's b-day party for the 2nd time due to the funeral on Saturday. ugh!

I did get 4 packages mailed tonight though. :)

Oh hon! :hug99: I'm so sorry that things are not going well lately. :hug99:

Vicky - WOW! How scary! :eek: So what winded up happening?...Did you go to the police dept. and fill out a report or something? Even though Sam is fine, it's still a matter of principle....the driver should NOT have driven away like that!!! :disbelief:

I hope your feeling better..... that would be enough to shake anyone up. :bighug:

thanks Dawn.

:eek: Vicky, I hope that guy gets in a truck load of trouble.
I hope your little one is ok. That is really scary. :justahug:

Today I'm going to visit one of my aunts in the morning. To say the least, she's not one of my favorite people and I'm not looking forward to it. She just has this way of making me feel guilty about everything! :rolleyes: Anyway, I'm going to try and get Ellie's room picked up and all the kids' laundry folded and put away. I have to go to Walmart at some point today or tomorrow, too.

We have Dylan's playgroup at the Y this morning at 10:45.
I hope to get some laundry done before that.
I am not setting huge goals because things keep going :silly: .

Thanks for your support Ladies. Sam still seems just fine, and I did talk to the police after it happened and they are gonna try to track him down. I can't imagine it would be that difficult given that I saw what he looks like, had the license plate number, and other witnesses saw what happened too. It's just that he didn't even MAKE SURE that Sam was okay before driving away--how could someone DO that? Still shaky today, and Sam and I are STAYING HOME ALL DAY TODAY. No other goals other than calming down and holding my baby a lot! Have a good day, Ladies!

We have Dylan's playgroup at the Y this morning at 10:45.
Oh my Stacy...thank goodness for this group journal...... I would have forgotten that Alexia has storytime at the library today at 11:00 am!! :blush: Thanks! :lol:

Today:

~After Alexia's storytime at the library, I need to drive up to the town where our wonderful bakery is. I need to order her a bday cake for Sat. They need to do it in a fish-y or Nemo theme.

~Need to decide on which catering place to use.

~Need to buy a couple more beach buckets (using these to hold the party favors). Maybe find a dollar store...if not then TRU.

~Must buy color ink for my printer so that I can print out the "Pin the Fin on Nemo" I found and then take that to Staples and have them blow it up.

~When I'm home and settled in for the day, start labeling file folders. Then when James gets home, have him move the filing cabinet to the other wall.

Today is mostly focusing on getting things done for her bday party on Sat. If I can get this list done today, I will be happy! :)

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

You're welcome. Glad I could jog your memory.

Is it really already Thursday? :faint:We got back late last night from DH's interview in MD. He really wanted us to come along, so we made the 5 hour drive with the kids two days in a row. I have to admit, the first part went better than I expected. This trip is the first that we've had both kids in a hotel room and the first time Ben wasn't in a crib. That went great - the trip back yesterday, not so much. I think Katie has an ear infection, so she cried A LOT. She also was up a lot last night, so I'm beat. :sleepy:We're seeing the ped at 1:10 today.

Other things to do today:

- Finish up the laundry (I think we're down to about 3 loads)
- Make dinner (meatloaf?)
- Start putting things aside for AZ (we leave on Sunday to see my parents :woo:)

Finally, just a little vent. I never realized when I was anticipating SAH, how annoying it would be to never be able to go to the doctor's without an entourage. I know that I need to hook up with other moms to hopefully have some support in that area. I had to cancel my doctor's appointment this morning, because there was no way I was taking a sick baby.

~Jen

Wow Stacy and Vicki! What awful days for both of you!

On todays list:

*Eye dr at 10:45. My contacts are finally in :woo: Have to drag ALL FOUR kids with me as DH apparently had to work overtime

*Take shirts back that I bought last week that don't fit my porn star nursing boobs :rolleyes:

*Drive Kaleb to band at 1:15 and find something to do before I pick him up (with 3 kids in tow

*Pick Kaleb up at 2:20

*Make dinner and get everyone fed and changed for Kaleb's band concert at 7:00 (with 3 kids in tow)

And somewhere in there try and nurse a baby 100 times and straighten up my house and tackle the never ending pile of laundry.

Where is the running away from home smilie??????

Oh Vicky, how scary and awful! :bighug: I'm so glad you and sam are okay, and I hope the police track that guy down!

PLEASE keep reminding me to start pricing stuff!!!

Shel, have you started to price stuff? :biggrin:

Here is my list of things I wanted to do today. let's see if I did them.

~After Alexia's storytime at the library, I need to drive up to the town where our wonderful bakery is. I need to order her a bday cake for Sat. They need to do it in a fish-y or Nemo theme. DONE! DH actually stopped by and took care of it on his way home. :)

~Need to decide on which catering place to use. OK, what is wrong with me? I got a couple price sheets for 2 different places the other day and I can't find one of them!! Argh! I may need to run out and get another one. Cuz that's the one I think we're going with. I swear, sometimes I don't know if I'm coming or going. :lol:

~Need to buy a couple more beach buckets (using these to hold the party favors). Maybe find a dollar store...if not then TRU. Can't find any! Well, the ones they have are the really large beach buckets. My mom is going to the dollar store by her to see if she can get me some (that's where they had the size I wanted a couple wks. ago). If not, just regular Nemo loot bags we'll use. ETA: NEver mind....mom just called me and they had nothing but orange buckets left at her dollar store. Fine with me...those are the Nemo colors! I'm so happy...one less thing to worry about!! Go mom! :lol:

~Must buy color ink for my printer so that I can print out the "Pin the Fin on Nemo" I found and then take that to Staples and have them blow it up.
DONE! Well, the buying the ink part. :lol: I was about to print out the Pin the fin on Nemo, but it's not working. That's cuz our computer is FINALLY fixed and I think the printer has to be set up with this computer again. I'll have James do that when he gets home. Then TOMORROW I'll go and get it blown up. :)

~When I'm home and settled in for the day, start labeling file folders. Then when James gets home, have him move the filing cabinet to the other wall.
I'm doing this now. :)

Oh, and while at the mall today (went to the dollar store in there). I was soooooo bad and stopped at Children's Place & Old Navy. I got some cute stuff for the girls....especially at Old Navy....I got alot of stuff there. cute! cute! cute! :) Hey, a mamma's allowed to do some shopping too, right? :lol: I almost bought an outfit for me....but didn't.

Well, I gotta say...I'm totally stoked!!! Angelina rolls from her back to tummy!!! She hit this milestone yesterday!!!! :)

Anyway, here is what I need to do today:

- Go to staples or a store like that, to have them blow up this Nemo template to play "Pin the Fin on Nemo" at Alexia's bday party tomorrow.

- Go to the library to return Lexie's overdue books. They were due the 5th and I totally forgot to bring them with me when we went to storytime yesterday.

- Go to the foodstore. Again, running out of some important stuff and to get some snack size packets of gold fish crackers to put in their loot buckets.

- DONE!..... This morning I finalized the food! I ordered a 6 ft. sub with the potato and macaroni salad, a tray of baked ziti and a tray of chicken franchaise (sp?). But I'm pondering whether I should of ordered the chicken murphy instead. :scratch: (it's chicken tossed in a red sauce with onions, peppers)

- In the evening, go to my mom's house to decorate for the party tomorrow.

And I think that's it..... knowing me though I'm sure I'm forgetting about something. Then if I get done early enough I'll straighten up the house.

Have a great day everyone! :wavey:

Let me run.....my teething child is SCREAMING!!!!!!!!!!!

It's Friday! :sunny:

So far today I started the dishwasher, played with Sam and ate my breakfast. Sam is in the process of falling asleep again, so when he conks out, I'll throw a load of laundry in and take a shower. I was thinking of venturing out this afternoon and going to Home Depot. I am now very leary of parking lots, but it's an issue I just have to get over. I didn't hear from the police yesterday, so I think I'm gonna give the investigating officer a call a little later. Other than that, just looking forward to the weekend!

So, what are everyone's plans for the weekend? My sister and my IL's are all coming to visit on Saturday (my sister is staying over but IL's will just be here for the day). We get many more visitors since Sam arrived, I've noticed--I wonder why?! :biggrin: Other than that, just hoping to put the finishing touches on Sam's room so we can start on another room in the house--probably the bathroom (I think we picked that room next because it is the smallest!). Have a wonderful day, Ladies!

We're about to head out for the grocery store, and then at some point this afternoon I have to fold/put away some laundry. After lunch we're going to the movies with our neighbor to see "Robots", depending on Caroline's attitude about it (lately she's been saying "I don't like movies" although she'd watch Sleeping Beauty 59 times in a row if I let her... :rolleyes: ) Tomorrow I'm going to a baby shower for our neighbor, and Sunday is DH's LAST weekend working! :woo:

I have to go and pick up 2 book orders.

I have laundry to do as well.

Dylan needs more 4T pants so I might stop in at Old Navy after I do the book order thing.


:woo: Angelina!

Today: Laundry. All day. :puke:

Ugh, don't you just hate it when it seems like FOREVER to get out the door??? Get both girls dressed, then one decides to be hungry....feed bottle....the other one is about to be hungry cuz it's snack time...feed her snack. All ready...ooops, little one did a poop in her diaper. Drop everything and undress her to change diaper. All ready to go...pack her in carseat and Lexie's all ready and waiting. Wait....lost binky...where is the darn binky? We have 3 of them and none to be found!!! Searching high and low to find binky. Girls are getting ancy cuz they are probably getting hot with their jackets on. I'm getting irritated now (and hot). Ok, found binky. About to leave out the door....phone rings. I'm NOT answering it!!!! :lol:

This usually happens most of the time. We're half way out the door now. Feeding the lil' one. :) However, I'm sure it'll take another hour before we leave....THEN it'll be lunch time!!!! Ugh!!!! Can never win.

I'm sure I can't be the only one that feels like it takes forever just to get the heck outta here!!!!

I am on a roll! Got back from being out all day....and I am done with my list!!! Well, with the exception of decorating and making the fruit kabobs. :)


- Go to staples or a store like that, to have them blow up this Nemo template to play "Pin the Fin on Nemo" at Alexia's bday party tomorrow. DONE

- Go to the library to return Lexie's overdue books. They were due the 5th and I totally forgot to bring them with me when we went to storytime yesterday. DONE

- Go to the foodstore. Again, running out of some important stuff and to get some snack size packets of gold fish crackers to put in their loot buckets. DONE

- DONE!..... This morning I finalized the food! I ordered a 6 ft. sub with the potato and macaroni salad, a tray of baked ziti and a tray of chicken franchaise (sp?). But I'm pondering whether I should of ordered the chicken murphy instead. :scratch: (it's chicken tossed in a red sauce with onions, peppers)
Changed the chicken to Chicken Marsala. :)

- In the evening, go to my mom's house to decorate for the party tomorrow.
I will do this tonight. :)


Now, on to straighten up this messy house!!!!!!!

So far today I have:

Done 1 load of laundry. Folded it as well (I always seem to let it just pile up in the basket :blush: )
Wiped down the counters in the kitchen
Vacuumed the living room and the furniture
Cleaned the fish tank and ran the water tests on it
Paid bills online, balanced our checkbook, mailed the other bills
Dropped off our electric bill at the company
Called to arrange things with my mom to drop off Trey on Tuesday with her
Went to Walmart and bought things I needed for my trip, refilled prescriptions for Robb and I
Had a fun lunch with just Trey and I at Wendys :lol:
And fingerpainted with Trey

When he lays down for his nap, I'm planning on giving Jasmine (our dog) a bath and then cleaning the bathroom. I need to wash windows in the living room, and do some tidying in the office.

OMG Vicky! That is so scary, and I am so mad at the guy for driving away! I always worry about that when I push Jackson in his stroller...it seems weird to always be pushing the baby in front of you and into traffic ect. Not that I advoctate pulling the stroller behind you, but still...ANYWAY, I am glad you guys are both ok!

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I didn't get on here at all yesterday which is weird for me, and I didn't get anything done around the house either. I am just considering this whole week a waste and hoping to do better next week.

Yesterday I left the house at 8:30 to bring Jackson to the ped for his ear re-check. My appointment was at 9:15 and I was acutually early for once in my life. We waited in the waiting room for what seemed like forever, and at 9:35, my doctor comes strolling through the waiting room, coat on, bag with her and coffee in hand...she was just getting there! I was so annoyed that no one had even mentioned that she wasn't there yet. We didn't get seen until almost 10, and even then she just glanced in his ears, said they were fine and that she would see us for his 18 month check up. It was such a waste of my time. I really need to finally get on the ball and switch peds...we moved about 40 minutes away from the office in July and I still haven't switched yet. Yesterday was the kick in the pants I needed to finally switch.

Today...again I have done nothing. I took Jackson to playgroup at this indoor play area today. He had a ball, but I thought it was kind of dirty. Jackson loved the little ball pit they had there...which was totally grossing me out the whole time after some of the ball pit horror stories I have read. I let him play, but sanitized him afterwards.

We got home at 1:30 and he has been asleep since 2:00. I need to start dinner, clean the kitchen, finish the laundry and straighten up the living room. He got into Scott's CD's this morning (which drives Scott crazy) and I need to clean them up before Scott gets home. Instead of doing all of this, I am sitting here on the computer though! Whoops!

Oh also at some point today, I need to make a grocery list. We are going to the store after swimming lessons tomorrow and I need to get organized...lately I have been just grabbing whatever looks good and that gets too expensive, plus I end up making a bunch more trips to the store to pick up stuff I forgot.

1) What is your name and family stats? (babies names, ages, etc...)
Me - Chantal, 33yrs
Dh - Chris, 33 yrs
Kaitlyn Alexandra - 3 yrs 3mos
2 cats, Autumn and Damien - 7 yrs

2) How long have you been a SAHM?
Since January 2002

2a) If your a WAHM for how long and what do you do?
Since November 2002 ~ I am a home child care provider.

3) What did you do before this wonderful new job?
I was an employment counsellor for the Ontario March of Dimes/Human Resources and Development Canada.

4) What does DH/SO do?
Funeral Director

5) What are your priorities for each day? Where do you feel you need the most help with motivation in getting things done each day?
~ Monday - Friday: Todzillas (daycare kids) start pouring in at 7am and are finally gone by 8-9pm, depending on what day of the week it is. EVERYONE has naptime/quiet time from 1-3pm. I offer a typical daycare programme, that includes a preschool programme for children aged 2-4yrs old.

~ Weekends: I do laundry, clean the house, pay bills, do groceries, ect. Sort of along the lines of a Working Mom's schedule.

~ Priorities: ensure the house is vaccuumed in the morning before the kids arrive, as I have a couple of little ones, that crawl and with 2 cats - well it can make for a bit of a furry mess. At the end of the day, sanitize my toys, and put them all away in their respective "homes" - otherwise my house would look more like a toybox than a livable space. Spend only ONE day each weekend doing housework and groceries, ect... then spend the other day just hanging out with Kaitlyn and Dh, if it's his weekend off.

~ Motivation: I find it hard on the days where Dh works late, or on his weekends that he has to work... then I feel like I am running daycare for 2 weeks straight with no respite. I find that if I waiver at all from my Mon-Fri routine that I am absolutely LOST and I get pretty worn down and stressed out by the end of the week.


6) What do you hope to get out of this journal?
Just another place to hang my hat :) I feel a little out of place, as everyone seems to be a SAHM and not a WAHM.

Hi Chantal! :wavey: Welcome! :) Don't feel out of place.....we're all at home working whether it be SAHM or WAHM, like you. We are all going thru similar things regardless. ;) Feel free to use this thread for anything you need it to be.... to prioritize your daily/weekly 'to-do's, as an outlet, vents, questions, or hanging with us. :biggrin:

:welcome: Chantal!! Actually, I'm glad you're here. Hearing about your todzillas makes my life seem sane! :silly:

I did grocery shopping today, and a load of laundry (after Caroline choked and threw up on herself at the movies so I had to get popcorn and fruit punch out of an outfit.... :disbelief ) Tomorrow I'm going to a baby shower!

1) What is your name and family stats?
Kate - 25
Sean - 32
Married - July 28, 2001
Cameron - 3 (Jan 10, 2002)
Alasdair - almost 1 (April 22, 2004)

2) How long have you been a SAHM?
I was a SAHM with Cameron, then after having Alex I went back to work, but it didn't work out and I hate corporate America, so I am a SAHM again.

3) What did you do before this wonderful job?
I was a recruiter for a temp agency.

4) What does DH/SO do?
He is an electrical mechanic.

5) What are your priorities each day? Where do you feel you need the most help in motivation in getting things done every day?
My priorites are my boys. They are my world. I need the most motivation with housework and organizing. When I was working I just could not find the perfect work/home balance and DH was home with the boys. This place was in complete CHAOS. It is getting better, but I still have a lot more to do.

Welcome Kate! :wavey:

Today we're having Alexia's bday party at my parent's house! Big and busy day today! :biggrin:

I'm going there earlier to decorate....I didn't go there last night. James is going to pick up the cake, sub, and hot trays of food.

Everyone have a great Saturday! :wavey:

On tap for today:

~ once Morgan is picked up (yup, one of my after-school kids is here on a SATURDAY as a favor to her mom... fortunately this child is wonderful and Kaitlyn adores her), Kaitlyn and I have to run to Cosco so I can pick up my script of Clomid for this cycle.

~ when we get home, I am pulling out the rake, some garbage bags and the wheel barrow and going nuts on my yards.

~ cleaning out the garage

On tap for tomorrow:

~ church in the morning, then out for our usual Denny's brunch

~ buying stones/bricks to make circular flowerbeds around a couple of my trees in the front yard. Also, need to fill with soil and cover with cedar wood chips. (hopefully this will motivate Dh to fix up the exterior of the house).

Today..Since I leave for Atlanta on Tuesday, I want the house to be all spic and span, and I have this pipe dream going that Robb is going to keep it that way until I get back :lol:

I dusted every room...vacuumed every room...cleaned the carpet in the living room with the steamer...did a quick wipe down of the bathroom (I cleaned it top to bottom yesterday, wiping down the walls even)...and am finishing up laundry. I have one more to wash and that will be done. Then I need to clean our bedroom up and wash Trey's blankeys to take to Grandmas.

Tomorrow is packing and spending time with Trey :)

So quiet in here. :lol: We all must be busy running around doing errands, cleaning our houses and spending time with our lil' ones, huh? :lol:

I'm feeling so lazy today..... I did wash the dishes in the sink so far AND cleaned out my purse. :lol: Alexia played hooky and didn't go to preschool today. I also had to take care of some phone calls (not personal) too.

James is home today as well and for one we're gonna get our taxes done today at 1 pm. :blush: Ok, I'm probably the only one here that hasn't gotten them done. We always get them done earlier but with the move and things going on it wasn't possible. Then we want to hopefully buy a wooden playset for the girls today (or tomorrow).

I also have to, have to, HAVE TO, pick out a paint color for the basement TODAY. Poor James has been waiting and I haven't picked one out yet. Once I do, he can paint the basement, then we can have it carpeted....THEN we can utilize that space!!!!!

I need to do more laundry today as well. :)

What are you all doing? :biggrin:

Hi Dawn!

I don't think I mentioned it, but I work part time (like 10 hours a week) at Gymboree nights and weekends. So, this weekend I worked Saturday night and all day yesterday. :(

We got errands and outside stuff done over the weekend, but the house is in a shambles. :cry:

I have some goals for today. I figure if I have daily goals, it's easier to accomplish than weekly ones. :lol:

1. Do 4 loads of laundry.
2. Vacuum bedrooms, upstairs hallway, and stairs.
3. Put away stuff in front entryway.
4. Unload dishwasher, reload, tidy kitchen, and swiffer wetjet the floor.
5. Put away stuff on dining room table.

If Sabrina taks a short nap this afternoon, I won't get much done on this list. :lol:

Colleen, yes I do know you work at Gymboree (I frequent/lurk the Gymboree thread). :) And you are so lucky! I use to buy Gymboree for Alexia all the time when she was younger. Then when we moved again (and again) there isn't really any stores close by us. :blue: Well, wait....there is one I believe maybe 1/2 hr. away. But still....I was spoiled driving 15 or 10 min. :lol: Now that I have TWO girls.... MUST MAKE TRIP to GYMBOREE! :lol:

Speaking of naps, Alexia is taking one now. :eek: She said she was tired so I told her to lay down on my bed (this was at 10:30 am). And she sure did....she's sleeping!!!! :lol: I hear ya....my house is in shambles too. With Alexia's bday party and all the planning and running around here and there,
etc.....our house has been neglected. Now, I have to concentrate on my goddaughter's christening this weekend!!!! Ack! I need to buy me an outfit, my goddaughter a christening dress and my girls some white tights to wear with their dresses. yet another busy week!!! It never ends, does it? :disbelief:

Goals for this week:

~ mop floors
~ clean out fridge
~ vacuum garage
~ finish outdoor
~ purge my closet, reorganize Kaitlyn's closet

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Well... I am struggling with being at home all day long. Dh and I are waiting for a call from a prospective new job - and I feel like I am at home, staring at that friggen phone - constantly :(

It's a time like this, where I wish I worked outside the home, to keep myself busy all day long. Naptime is the hardest today - all 5 kids (including Kaitlyn) are sound asleep... and I am sitting here stewing, playing over every possible outcome, gearing myself up for a letdown, ect. Basically... going :crazy: over here.

I do that too Chantal! I over-think things during naptime and work myself up into a tizzy sometimes. I did that on Friday about my DH's job (he is looking for a new one) and all kinds of stuff. I ended up in such a bad mood! Hope everything works out for you!

OMG I am EXHAUSTED...I took Jackson to the Children's Museum in Boston today. Five Moms and 5 toddlers between 17 and 21 months went and it was chaos! We left the house at 9:00 and just got home about 1/2 hour ago. Jackson had a great time but only napped for about 20 minutes in the car. I am bracing myself for a dinner time meltdown. It was a great place to go, but I think I will wait until he is a little older for next time - he was a little crazy and it was hard to chase him around. I actually lost him for about 2 minutes and freaked out, I have never been so scared in my life. He really liked playing with this water exhibit and ended up soaked to the bone...I forgot a spare outfit for him so he had to ride home soaking wet.

Tomorrow I need to be more productive...I haven't even made my bed yet today!

To do (4/12):
-exercise
-laundry
-go through clothes, start Goodwill bag of stuff that doesn't fit
-stop at grocery store for sour cream, parm cheese and blueberries

Today I went to the gym while Caroline was at school, returned some library books, and then we spent the afternoon outside for the last day it's going to be nice for the rest of the week!

Chores for Tuesday:
laundry (DH/mine)
Storytime at the library
clean the fishbowl!

I'll be in here more next week - just wanted to pop in and say *hi* for now! DH is home this week for Spring Break, so my only goal is to get through it. :lol: He's working on his Masters' program, and some other classes he has to do, so I have to keep Katie quiet and occupied, or else out of the house, and it's much more difficult than just having him gone! She was at MIL's house today, though, so I got plenty of playtime between helping DH with his job applications, class assignments, etc. But life will be more normal next week, I think!

Well, our living room is painted. :woo: I spent a good chunk of the day getting it (somewhat) back in order. I want to re-arrange things in there. I'm just not sure how they should go. I'm going to have to look at it some more.

Please say a prayer. DH had a job interview last week and they called him back for another interview tomorrow. He has a really good feeling about it and I SO hope this is it. :pray:

Tomorrow I have Bible study in the morning and then I'm going to either work on the living room some more or clean Ellie's room. I also have to get some of my laundry done.

What is your name and family stats? My name is Lisa :biggrin: kids names are Cassie,15 and Paige 3
How long have you been a SAHM? well I'm a part time worker,(cleaning) that started the day my water broke 3+ yrs ago lol
What does DH/SO do? He(Tony) works at a Steel Processing Plant, Maintance/Millwright.

Well today was a good day, Tony is working night so that meant today was free to spend time with Paige, so we took her to Mcdonalds to play in the play center, I feel bad for her because she hardly gets to interact with other children :blue: she had a blast and it's great that she doesn't even want to eat there :lol: we just got a coffee and spent time together while Paige went off to play, it was nice :) then we came home and made cupcakes for daddy to bring to work tonight of course she had to make one in her easy bake oven, she even made an extra for her big sister. As far as cleaning the house, I did do a few loads of laundry and I just went through my linen closet ( what a disaster!!) I threw out all worn out / bleached towels and put the beach towels in storage, I hate when dh uses a tacky Budweiser beach towel in the bathroom :rolleyes:
I refolded the sheets and moved things around, just have to bring the tableclothes/tablerunners downstairs, I have no room for it all up here...right now I'm goin to clean my kitchen sink, I'm trying to atleast have a clean sink to look at when I get up every morning..the key word is try :lol:

Theresa, I'm praying your dh gets that job :pray:

Thanks, Lisa! :hug99:

Hey Anne and Lisa! :wavey: Glad your here! :biggrin:

Theresa, I'm hoping DH gets the job! :crossfing:

Theresa, what color is your living room? :)

I want to do various things around here today. Unpack a box or two, mop the kitchen floor and laundry. Right now, however, I am trying to choose a color for our basement. Must do that now cuz James is leaving this afternoon to pick up the paint at Home Depot. I hate decisions! :tearhair:

Good luck Theresa! The second interview process, I think, is worse than the first because you know they are really interested--ugh!

So far today I have:
eaten breakfast
played with Sam
got some mail together to go out
made the bed
folded/hung a load of laundry

To do:
more laundry
put away dishes and reload dishwasher
clean bathroom floor
PICK UP/FILE/ORGANIZE THE OFFICE!!! (been trying to get to this task forever, so I'd better at least start...)

Have a nice day, Ladies!

Dawn I hear ya about picking colours :tearhair: it's worse when you think you have one picked then you get to the store and see more colours you might like better :lol:

I'm so proud of myself, today for the first time I brought Paige to a drop in centre, again I stress I did this alone, I wanted to wait until Tony could come with me but he doesn't have a free day until next week so I just bucked up and took her, she loved it, but the whole reason I took her was to interact with other children and she didn't :lol: oh well maybe next time, she didn't like circle/ story time maybe 'cause she was new to it and most of the kids already knew the songs, she kept asking if it was over yet and could she leave :blush: now I got over my shyness and don't feel scared to take her again but I don't want her to get bored with it so maybe we'll plan to go once or twice a week.

right now I'm getting stuff ready for dinner, threw a load of laundry in the dryer, Paige is eating and i'm having my lunch( on the special k diet this week, wish me luck lol) not much else I can do since Tony is sleeping off his night shift and we can't make much noise so we'll have a quiet afternoon..have a great day ladies :wavey:

THanks for the good luck wishes for DH, Everyone! This 2nd interview is with the big director, so you know they're interested. :crossfing and :pray:

Theresa, what color is your living room? :)


It was supposed to be a really pale blue/purple color. It came out a bit brighter than I expected, but it's still pretty. It looks TONS better though. :) I'll post pics as soon as I get a battery for my camera.

So far today, I've gotten 2 loads of laundry folded and put away and another load in the washer. I have a meeting at church tonight, so I want to get the kitchen cleaned up before then. :)

Sunday was my work day. I was so livid and every single person who lives in my house (and some that don't) that I took out my frustrations on my house :) I spent all day cleaning after church cleaning out my van (spotless), cleaning all 3 bathrooms (shining) and folding laundry.

Today my goal was to get my March of Dimes auction scrapbook pages done and sweep and mop the kitchen. Pages are done, but I just keep looking at that kitchen floor thinking "Why mop it? We're going to have dinner in 4 hours and someone will spill something on it." :rolleyes:

Don't feel bad, Shel - the only motivation for cleaning my kitchen floor right now is that I have a toddler and a baby coming over for a playdate on Thursday and I don't want the baby eating anything off the floor!

:lol: Shel. I feel the same way. My floor is so old that it never looks clean, so what's the point of mopping it.

Theresa, Can't wait to see the picture of your LR color.

Lisa, good luck on your diet.

I swept and mopped the kitchen floor today. I don't know why...it's so dark and ugly looking I don't know why I bother. I guess it's more for me so that I know it's clean. :dunno: I really can't wait until our kitchen gets done. I'm getting sick of it being so dated. It does smell good in there though if that counts for anything. :lol:

Well, I was S*T*U*P*I*D and put WHITE floors in my kitchen. :wtf: was I thinking??? WHITE FLOORS WITH KIDS????? :doh:

I really need to go mop it.


It's raining here. That's not helping my mood any.

Hey Shel, I'll trade ya floors. How about some nice ugly brown (suppose to look like bricks or something) vinyl square sticky tile floors? :lol: Seriously though, I hear ya on the white. When we sold our condo 9 mos. ago we 'fixed' up the kitchen just to make it look better. Painted the cabinets white AND put in a white floor just to 'open' things up a bit. Well, thankfully the house sold 2 wks. after that because honestly, I don't know how much longer I was able to take it. Every little spec of crumb showed up on there! :tearhair: It drove me nuts!!!

So the Swiffer thing DH bought for our floors works like CRAP; hence, I only did half the floor. Why do the floor twice when you can do it right just once! So I took a trip to BJs this afternoon and picked up the right thing for our floors and will do them tomorrow instead.

My day was a little more productive today, but not as productive as I had hoped.

I exercised this morning - 4 mile walk around a lake with a friend...it was so good to be outside and exercising. I don't know what happened to our nice weather though b/c it was freezing this morning.

Got home a little before 11 and the day went down hill from there. :lol: I did manage to get about 1/2 the laundry done, dinner cooked, the kitchen cleaned and the bed made. I spent most of naptime on the phone with a friend instead of doing the other stuff I was supposed to do.

Tomorrow I need to:
-clean cat bowls/cats' bathroom (our second bathroom has become the cats' room and there is a lot of cat hair in there)
-start sorting clothes for Goodwill
-clean kitchen floor/cabinets
-stop at grocery store
-exercise

okay, have you ever really cleaned your dishwasher? I mean REALLY CLEANED IT??

When I'm mad or frustrated or whatever, I eat or clean. Tonight I did both. I got a wild hair and in the midst of eating brownies (that I should NOT be eating) I took my dishwasher apart and cleaned 3 years worth of lime, calcium, mold and food out of it. After I get some more CLR tomorrow and get everything put back together, I'm rewashing every dish in my cabinet :dead:

I've changed 4 million diapers in my life and never have I gagged like I did when I took the drain cover off of my dishwasher.

Does it say anything that I don't even know where the drain cover is???

I think I see the dishwasher as "self-cleaning" so who am I to go against the natural order of things? ;)

:lol: Vicky - I can agree with that too! Kinda like cleaning the washing machine - why bother? There was soap and hot water in there! :biggrin:

I clean out the drain often, not one of my fave jobs :dead:

Today I have to head over to my sisters house to babysit the twins so she and her hubby can go to the funeral :( then I have to go to work tonight so I won't have time nor energy to do anything around the house today.

I have zero ambition today. I'm going to get the kitchen cleaned and that's probably about it. I also have some laundry to be folded. My life is so freaking exciting! :rolleyes:

I have zero ambition today. I'm going to get the kitchen cleaned and that's probably about it. I also have some laundry to be folded. My life is so freaking exciting! :rolleyes:

I am letting the kids "free play" in the play area this morning. Its overcast and windy - and of course, I have one daycare kid who is always sick, and her mom has her in a skirt, summer tights, dress shoes and a light jacket. NO hat, NO mitts, NO appropriate play footwear. :frypan:

I hope to tackle my bedroom, bathrooms and kitchen during naptime... depends on who I meet up with online for a chat ;) :lol:

Dh is off this weekend - so I intend on riding his :moon2: and getting some MUCH needed yard/house work done for once and for all. :angrywife

Every few weeks or so, I pour white vinegar in the dishwasher and run the rinse cycle to "freshen" it up a bit, but I'm with those who don't know where the drain cover is. :dunno:

Sabrina is cutting a tooth, so she won't eat or nap, and was up at 5:45 this morning. Avery is clingy so it's been a fun morning.

My main salvation is that my MIL is taking the kids for the day tomorrow, so I am going on a cleaning frenzy and this house is getting done top to bottom. (yeah, keep saying that to yourself, Colleen. :lol: )

Anne, what swiffer thing did James buy that you don't like? I have the wetjet and I like it for a quick once-over.

The drain cover is the thing on the bottom near the back that has little holes in it. It was covered in food, grease, mold and hard water buildup :dead: I had a nightmare about us dying from eating from dishes covered in that crap :lol:

Since I did so much Sunday and yesterday I'm blowing today off (although I have done a load of laundry and 2 days worth of dishes by hand) The boys and I are scrapping. We are working on a baby album for their soon-to-be new baby brother from their dad and step-mom.

Colleen, the Wetjet is what I'm talking about. I feel like the cleaning solution stuff makes the floors sticky! I much prefer the wet pads that go on the "dry" handle, iykwim.

I did a bunch of cleaning up yesterday because we're having company tomorrow, so all I really have left to do is clean up some random junk on the kitchen table. Recipes to file away, phone numbers to call about various stuff, etc. And I want to make some muffins!

Shel, I am the dishwasher! :lol: We don't have one (yet).

Done absolutely NADA around the house today. Been out all day...just got back now (and have to run out again soon!).

Alexia had preschool today. While she was there I picked up a gorgeous christening gown (and accessories) for my goddaughter who's getting christened this Sun. :) I picked up Alexia then we headed on home..... To find that they were paving our street and they said I couldn't go down our street for a few hours (unless I wanted to park on another street by me but with bags in hand and 2 kids, no thanks). SO...we headed off to the mall, and ate lunch. I also bought Angelina a dress for Sun. I was hoping she would fit into a dress that Alexia wore when she was 3 mos. but it fits a little bit too perfect, kwim? Angelina is much bigger than Alexia was at this age. So I went and bought Angelina a cute pink dress with a hat. Alexia will be wearing pink as well that day. :) I also got myself a couple outfits at Macy's. :biggrin: Slowly I have to start getting new clothes for myself lil' by lil' since I'm now a size bigger. :( I also bought the girls a couple outfits for the spring/summer, oh and nice sweaters to wear the day of the christening. Yup, we were shopping, shopping, shopping! :biggrin:

I have to run out to the food store to pick up some things soon....

It's already 5 pm so I'll do little things here and there around the house, but nothing major. Tomorrow's another day!

As I'm up and it's now 4 pm (my daughter woke up to eat), I wanted to put some things I have to do today before I forget:

-Storytime @ 11:00 am
-Go to food store
-Call up the newspaper for MIL to put fishtank in classified section for weekend
- Write out some bills
- Mail out thank you cards (they are already written out) for Alexia's bday and include her school pic in there
- Go to mall to return/exchange some stuff
- call masonry contractors for estimate on concrete footings for addition

Darn, there were a couple more things that I can't think of right now.

Ok, well off to bed......... :sleeping:

Ugh!--I wanted to get SO MUCH done yesterday because I have a friend coming over today for the first time with her baby, and I really wanted the house CLEAN, but....dh got home pretty late from work last night (7:15--was dealing with a really b*tchy woman's computer issues) and we had to all go drop off one of our cars at the dealership for it to be fixed, so...I did get my side of the office pretty well fixed up, washed folded and put away 3 loads of laundry, spot cleaned the bathroom and kitchen, cleaned our gross fan (I liken it to probably cleaning the dishwasher as mentioned in previous posts--yuck!) and lots of other odds and ends. Today I have to:

mop bathroom and kitchen floors
vacuum all rooms with carpet (including stairs)
sweep hardwood floors
lots of other misc. cleaning/tidying projects
bake brownies for company (at least I get a reward at the end, right?)

Well, gotta run ladies! Take care!

My friend is coming over with her daughter and new son today, so I'm happy the house is reasonably clean. I was even organized and made mufins for the girls to snack on! This afternoon I plan to finish folding laundry, and figure out what to make for dinner.

Today:

Vacuum because Amy is coming over and I don't want Molly to be crawling around in filth :blush:

Take Kaleb to band and then we have to stick around to watch the concert for the school volunteers.

Clean out fridge :puke:

Everyone sounds busy today!

My MIL has the kids today. I dropped them off at 10am and I get them back at dinnertime. This is my computer time for now, and then I'm off the clean like crazy! I am just going to do what I can get done and be happy with that. :lol:

But I am going to shut the computer down for the day so I won't be tempted. :lol:

Wow--Sam has been napping for more than 3 hours now (he went to bed later and got up earlier than normal, so I think that's why he's been napping for so long), so not only did I get to take a shower and have lunch, I have actually finished my chores (with the exception of vacuuming the office because he has been asleep in his car seat in the office this whole time, so will do that after he wakes up). I also made HUGE headway on the office--looks about 1000X better already! I even baked the brownies!!! Dh called to say Hi, and I told him I think I've gotten more accomplished in the past few hours than I've accomplished in the past two weeks! Yeay! Now I can truly enjoy playing with Sam and visiting with our company--how great is that?!!! :nod:

Just popping on quickly as I have made myself a list: :lol:

~ clean fridge
~ vacuum main floor
~ mop kitchen floor
~ clean windows on main floor
~ clean bathroom on main floor.

I have had a crazy day so far, it has been semi-productive though!

Done:
clean kitchen
drop off car at dealership

In progress:
laundry (laundry has turned into a 3 day affair this week :lol:)
dinner

To do:
exercise
make bed
straighten up living room
pick up car at dealership

Well, today I really feel like socializing, but I'm not sure if that's gonna happen. Yesterday I got so much housework done and my friend who's a SAHM close by came over and dh got out of work at a reasonable time, so it was really a fantastic day all around. Today I kinda want a repeat (minus all the housework--shame on me!), but dh went in a bit late so he'll probably end up staying a little late and I have another friend who is older and only works part-time and since she works most Saturdays she usually has Fridays off, but I'm not sure if today is one of those days. I may call her later to see.

So, already today I am running the dishwasher, packed dh's lunch, changed and fed Sam, made the bed, and gathered up laundry. Just have to drag the laundry bags to the basement and filler 'er up! I also should iron the cloth I bought to make a curtain in the bathroom. If I don't get a chance to socialize, then I should probably pick up paint at lowe's for the bathroom (that's the latest room we are trying to salvage!) and maybe work on scrubbing/prepping the walls/cabinets/ceiling, etc. Have a wonderful day, Ladies--and HAPPY WEEKEND!!!:sunny:

I want some socializing too! I know Caroline will want to play with her best friend next door, but being as said friend's mother is almost 9 months pregnant, she doesn't have enough energy to keep up with the girls while they are riding bikes or swinging or whatever, so I end up chasing both of them/pushing both of them/referreeing all the arguments, and I'm really not in the mood for that (it sounds awful, I know, and I don't intend it that way, but I just did all the referreeing and the like yesterday so I want a break!). So after we do some grocery shopping and I put fresh sheets on my bed, maybe we'll go to the park or something.

The boys are going to their dad's today, so I'll be less 2 kids. I need to make out a grocery list and maybe even go to the store today :( But hey, I would only have to take 2 kids instead of 4 :woo:

Other than that I have a ton of scrapping projects on my desk and so I'm going to play today and tomorrow!

I had plans to stay in today since we were running out and about all this week! However, according to theweatherchannel.com, it suppose to be 57 degrees...which usually means it'll be a couple degrees warmer than that. If that's the case I would like to try to take the girls to the park.

~This morning, I included Alexia's school pics in with the thank you cards from her bday, and they are now in the mail. :)

~Today I also want to wash all the sheets! I must do this! Another load or 2 of laundry I'll try to do as well. The laundry just never ends does it?

~I bought the girls a crapload of clothes at the mall the other day, so I want to unload them into their closet.

~I would also like to vacuum (I have yet to try doing the stairs with the Dyson..and I'm actually excited to do it! :lol: ).

~ Making up more files and/or unload another box or two, I will try to do today as well.

~ Oh, and I have to decide what to make for dinner. I have chicken cutlets, just have to decide on what to make with them. Hmmmm....

Luckily I don't have to worry about dinner tonight, DH promised Caroline we could have pizza to celebrate the end of tax season. But maybe I'll make something nice for dessert. :)

I did everything on my list yesterday except exercise, so I am out the door in a few minutes to do that today.

I have had a very productive morning so far! It is the first morning this week that I haven't had to rush out the door before 9am, so it felt good to stay and and sort of relax.

I did another load of laundry, cleaned the kitchen, made the bed, straightened up Jackson's toys, read him about 1,000,000 books, played "doggies" with him (we both pretend we are dogs and I chase him around the house), ate a healthy breakfast and checked my email. He is now watching The Wiggles while I get dressed (and hop on here for a minute as a reward).

Today's list:
clean cat dishes/cat room (never got to that the other day)
scoop litter
re-install carseat in the car (if we decide to go any where)
finally finish all of the laundry
cook dinner
clean bathrooms

Ok....I gotta get a move on it girls. Must get off this computer!!!

Michele, thanks for reminding me....I have to clean out our cat's litter box too. Fun.

Let me go for a while so things can get done around here. :bolt:

Ok just got back from some shopping, am making lunch for Paige and then I HAVE to clean, I'm starting from the back of the house and working my way to the kitchen, starting with my bathroom which Cass somehow managed to flood http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/dead.gif got water all over the floor!! I told Paige she can play on www.tvokids.com (http://www.tvokids.com/) while I clean and if she spots me not cleaning she is to tell me to "get back to work" http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/lol.gif I have a ton of laundry to do which includes the sheets(thanks for the reminder Anne!)

Uggh everywhere I look there is something out of place http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/tearhair1.gif

better get started http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/bolt.gif

Accomplished so far today:

~ took kids out to play early this morning for a bit - till 2 needed to go pee :rolleyes:
~ weighed in at weightwatchers - lost 1 lb :woo:
~ vacuumed and mopped my main floor while the kids ate lunch
~ washed my walls on the main floor while the kids ate "dessert"
~ cleaned main floor bathroom too.

Still outstanding:

~ clean fridge
~ laundry
~ upstairs floor and walls
~ ALL windows (inside and out)
~ upstairs bathroom
~ Kaitlyns closet
~ box up old (junky) toys that are spreading in my house like a bad weed.

Michele, thanks for reminding me....I have to clean out our cat's litter box too. Fun.



I hate doing this! Usually it is my DH's job...I told him I could never scoop the litter *just in case* I was PG and didn't know it! However, he has been away and it is nasty, so I am going to do it today so I can take the trash out. :dead:

Well, I got my walk in today...it is so nice out...it is only 44 but it feels much warmer :dunno:

Jackson and I walked up to the library to return his library books, then stopped at the Y to sign him up for the next session of swimming lessons, then we went to D&D so I could get a coffee, then went to the park, then the CVS to get a couple of things...very productive of me!

I haven't tackled any of the in the house stuff yet...so I need to get on that...I am tired from being so productive so I am going to hang out on here a little longer!

Congratulations Chantal :aok:

Ok I'm taking a breather http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/dead.gif

so far I
-scrubbed top to bottom both bathrooms
-dusted mine and Paige's bedrooms, even took down wall hanging and stuck in dryer
-changed sheets on both beds
-vacumed both rooms
-washed 3 loads put 2 away
-vacumed laundry room and washed floor
-dusted all baseboards
right now I have Cass and Paige on the hunt for my swiffer duster thingie so I can get to cobwebs
and while doing this I only managed to burn through 2 cd's in the book of the month club http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/tearhair1.gif I need to have it finished for tommorow and there are 7 discs!! http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/tearhair1.gif better get back to that soon but I have to clean the kitchen and wash the floor first, can't remember the last time I washed it http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/blush.gif

Well, our dishwasher saga continues, and thanks to Draino foaming and flooding my kitchen during the rinse cycle, I now have nice clean, bleached hand scrubbed kitchen floors :rolleyes:

Now, other than feeding kids and myself and keeping the dishes up, I am going to officially take this weekend off and do nothing but scrapbook and nap :up:

So far today, I've gotten my kitchen pretty much cleaned, 2 loads of laundry going, and the present wrapped for a baby shower I have later. I still want to get the living room picked up before I leave. I don't know if I'll get it done, though. PMS is kicking my :moon: and I just want to cry over everything. *Sigh*

Anyway, hope everyone is having a great weekend! :grouphugg

Yikes Shel! :eek: I didn't know you could put drano in the dishwasher? I would have never thought of that, oh but we probably can't use it here 'cause of the septic system :duh:

Ok I just got home, I took Paige to the playcenter, that was fun..NOT! :rolleyes: she pitched a fit when we had to leave :rolleyes: then off to the library where the librarian bitched me out for a book that was a week late( Cass's!) I now have almost $9 in fines thanks to her :rolleyes: then I realized I forgot my wallet at home, it would have topped my day if I got pulled over by a cop and got a ticket for not having my drivers licence with me, so I had to come home, get the book from Cass, find my wallet go back out to drop the book off, get milk at the store that has it on sale then to another for some basil and celery to make sauce and now that's it, I'm not going anywhere else today, I hope! well maybe across the street to the park or a walk around the block with Paige...now I'm going to make a big batch of sauce and finish the book on cd at the same time..I tried to listen to some of it in bed last night but I fell asleep :sleeping:

have a great weekend everyone!

We're not doing anything this weekend, except celebrating the fact that DH doesn't have to work tomorrow. We went to the gym this morning (Caroline went to the playroom without a problem, I was so proud! Transition greatly helped along by the availability of every single "princess movie") and stopped at the park on our way home. We had lunch, Caroline is down for a nap, I'm clipping coupons, and this evening we'll go to the snowball stand.

Yesterday we all went out for some errands. TOday is my neice's christening (James & I are the godparents) and I still had to get me an outfit. :blush: Then we went to our jewelry store to get our goddaughter a gold necklace with a St. Christopher charm on it. James also got our girls diamond earrings! They sure are Daddy's lil' princesses. :)

TOday....I'm just gonna straighten up here and there before we leave, but that's it. We have to leave our house around 10 am. I gotta get the girl's dressed and bring an extra change of clothes and things like that. It suppose to be 72 degrees today! Perfect weather! Everyone have a great day! :)

:bday: Dawn!!

Not doing too much today, I just have to straighten up a bit, I have a feeling my fil is going to pop in :rolleyes: just have to run over to the store to get some hamburger buns for dinner and that's it, have a great day everyone :wavey:

:bday: Dawn! :)

Theresa, has your dh heard anything about the job interview? Sending good luck your way!

Hey - I keep meaning to come over and have a peek at what is going on in this journal, but I haven't until today.

1) What is your name and family stats? (babies names, ages, etc...)Me - Brandi. Son - Carter 3 years old. Daughter - Heather 8 months old.
Sorry this picture is all I have on Shutterfly right now of me and the kids. Heather is only about 4 months old here.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4cc05b3127cce9d91ff952b9600000016108CYsmjRuyau

2) How long have you been a SAHM? Since Carter was born in March, 2002

3) What did you do before this wonderful new job? Well, I taught band and choir at a junior high school and high school. But, right before I had Carter, I worked as an assistant teacher at a Montessori school in the 3-6 classroom.

4) What does DH/SO do? He writes software for cell phones

5) What are your priorities for each day? Where do you feel you need the most help with motivation in getting things done each day? Uh, the kids are my number 1 priority by far. I don't like to cook or clean so we have some major issues with that.

6) What do you hope to get out of this journal? Umm.....motivation? Just to hang out with you cool people more I guess!

Theresa, has your dh heard anything about the job interview? Sending good luck your way!

Not yet, but we're hoping maybe today! :crossfing :pray:

:welcome: Brandi!

Today I'm taking the kids to a park where they have about a bizillion daffodils. Our MOPS group is meeting there. It should be fun! :)

Caroline has preschool this morning and I'm going to the gym. This afternoon we have to wait around to have someone come check out our heat/air conditioning, which seems to be not cooling enough.

Are you headed to Hubbard Park in Meriden, Theresa? I know they have that daffodil festival every year, and I bet the kids would love feeding the ducks! Hope you and dh hear today about the job!


Let's see...today is storytime at the library at 10:30 and I may try to get some laundry done and work on our bathroom (that's the current room in our house we are starting work on to make much nicer). We'll see how it goes!

Does anybody here NOT do storytime :lol:

Today I MUST clean my office and get the rest of my stuff priced for the community wide yard sale this weekend so I can start setting it up. Later today I'm picking up the older boys from their dad.

Thanks for the bday wishes Lisa & Theresa. :) I had a really nice day yesterday. :)

Alexia was suppose to have preschool today, but she didn't go cuz we looked at one this morning (for Sept.). I'm kinda glad cuz it saved me the 50 min ride one way! Anyway, after that we went to the bank and the food store. She's eating lunch now and I have to clean up this house!!!!!!!!! Then I will take them to the park later after her nap. It's so gorgeous outside!!! See, it's days like this that I never feel like doing NOTHING around the house!!!

First things first: Clean kitchen (put away dishes, wash dishes, get rid of food in fridge, make room for new food, sweep floor, go thru papers on the table and make files for the things that need it). After the kitchen is cleaned I want to straighten up my bedroom and then clean the bathroom. Anything I get done after that is a bonus. :)

Brandi, glad your here!! :wavey:

Does anybody here NOT do storytime :lol:

Funny, you mention that, Shel--I showed up today (along with many other moms with their babies) only to find out it was cancelled because it is school vacation week. The librarian forgot to mention it last week, but it really wouldn't have mattered if she had because we didn't go last week because Sam had a bad night and morning with his teething so I would have showed up today anyway. So we all chatted for a few minutes and then we headed home. At least I got to pick up a book for myself that I've really been wanting to read!

Right now, Sam is taking his long nap, and even though I have 5000 things I could be doing, I may just sit on the couch and read--a little indulgence to start the week.

Right now, Sam is taking his long nap, and even though I have 5000 things I could be doing, I may just sit on the couch and read--a little indulgence to start the week.
Same here....Angelina is taking her long nap too, which usually starts around 12:30 pm. :) I just put Alexia down for her nap. As much as I would like to *relax* a little, I need to continue cleaning this house. Kitchen is done, now off to the bathroom. james is coming home early today, so when the kiddos wake up we're gonna go to the park. :)

Are you headed to Hubbard Park in Meriden, Theresa? I know they have that daffodil festival every year, and I bet the kids would love feeding the ducks! Hope you and dh hear today about the job!


Yep! That's where we went! I'd never been there before! Ian had a blast feeding the ducks! He kept trying to swim with them, though! :lol: The daffodils were beautiful, too! :)

Shel, We don't do story time either. We did when Ellie was 2, but the 3 year old class is on a day that's not convienent for us.

I just spent $943 for our air conditioning repair.... :blue:

We do storytime on Tuesdays, mainly because Caroline is not ready for the one for her age group yet; for 3-6 year olds they go to storytime by themselves while mom/dad stays out in the library. Even talking about it freaks her out!

We actually just started storytime. Riley goes every other Tuesday and Owen goes every other Monday (Riley gets to take a babydoll and pretend its her baby)

Garage sale stuff today is out because DH and FIL hogged the garage working on cars, so I worked a little more in my perennial bed and did some laundry, then worked on cutting out coupons and making a menu/grocery list.

We've never made it to register Paige for story time, I alway's found out too late but I've been taking her to a drop in centre and we did story/circle time and she hated it and wanted to leave, I only plan on taking her when they have French story time to get her used to the french language before starting school in September.

I'm so tired today, we took Paige for a looooooong walk down at the Pier then to the play center, then shopping, I just want to crash but can't, have to start dinner soon, it's so beautiful! I wish we had our backyard done so we could eat outside :(

*sigh* Having a hard time dealing with Dh right now. just found out one of my daycare kids mom is quitting her job - meaning, she wont need daycare in a couple of weeks. no biggie there, as we *should* still be financially ok for the summer. I guess I need to start to consider my move to Working Mom :(

Yep! That's where we went! I'd never been there before! Ian had a blast feeding the ducks! He kept trying to swim with them, though! :lol: The daffodils were beautiful, too! :)

I used to live in Meriden, so I used to go walking there all the time. I went back there a couple of weeks ago with Sam when I was visiting a friend who lives in Plantsville and the park looks so much nicer now--they really did a nice job reworking all the landscaping. Sam wasn't quite sure what to think of the ducks--they were these big waddling foreign objects quacking at him! One really nice thing to do is take a ride through the park in your car on an evening after Thanksgiving--they have tons of pretty lights in the shapes of deer and snowflakes, etc. The kids would love it, and it's free entertainment!

In other news, didn't get squat done today. I managed to wash bottles and spend almost 2 straight hours playing with Sam--so really I did the most IMPORTANT things. :biggrin: He's conked out in the bouncy seat right now for his half hour nap (last one of the day before bedtime!). Actually, I did do something else--applied for a part-time job online. I also did some research of what libraries to send my resume to in case something opens up (for those of you who don't know, I am a librarian and I am looking for a job nights/weekends so that I can help with the family finances. In reality, we can't really get by much longer on just dh's salary and I refuse to put Sam in daycare, but I really like being a librarian, so I don't mind looking for a part-time position.). Wish me luck that something in my field becomes available soon!

Chantal, looks like you and I were writing about getting jobs at the same time. Sorry to hear you're having a hard time right now. Didn't you say you were going to start ttc soon, too? Sounds like you have a lot on your plate right now. Hope it all turns out the way you want it to.

Vicky, I used to work in Wallingford and would see the lights from the highway, but never bothered to stop. :blush:

We don't do story time! We actually tried it but it was so lame, I never went back. The age group was 0-16 months, and although Jackson was about 3 weeks away from being 16 months the hardass librarian wouldn't let him join the toddler class (16-36 months). We were stuck in the baby class and Jackson had no fun at all! The toddler class doesn't work with our schedual at the moment so maybe we'll try again in the fall.

Anyway...I didn't do much today except clean my kitchen (twice), make dinner, and throw in a load of laundry. The rest of the day I spend child-free at the Red Sox game. My friend Jane got free tickets and invited me along, we watched the game, then watched the Marathon for a bit. My brother took Jackson for the whole day (9-4:30ish) and they had a great time together. I had so much fun too but I missed my boy so much - it was acutally weird to be away from him in the middle of the day like that.

So...I would like to say that I am going to be productive tomorrow, but it is supposedly going to be 80 degrees here so we are going to the beach with some friends. We are meeting there at 10, so hopefully I will be home by 1:30-2:00 and can get some stuff done in the afternoon.

My list:
-more laundry
-general tidying up (all of a sudden there is so much clutter!)
-make dinner
-exercise

Days like to today make me wish I had a job outside the house again.

*Homeschool
*Storytime for Riley
*Haircut (which I may reschedule)
*Grocery Store
*Start Setting Up Yard Sale

TOday is suppose to be 80 degrees! :yippee:

James is coming home early....(he's in transit now) and he wants to look at 2 preschools with me for Alexia in Sept. I cannot decide between the 2, so maybe he'll have a stronger feeling over one than the other. I just can't decide.

Then we'll take the kids to the park, and probably treat Alexia out to Rita's water ice. :lick:

I already cleaned the kitchen and yesterday I mopped the kitchen floor and cleaned the bathroom. Today I'm just gonna tidy up here and there....it's too nice to be staying indoors. :biggrin: Have a nice day everyone!

Today I've been very productive thus far. Woke up at 5:30AM did Tae-bo, took my shower, then after Aiden woke near 8AM and we clothed him, we've already hit the Market, Post Office, Target, and returned the movies to Blockbuster. Might actually go back to the store this afternoon, however, because I saw a really cute little push tricycle http://www.radioflyer.com/trikes/images/45_hero.jpg

But, if not, then we'll go across the street to the park. I only need to do one more thing and that's handsew some parts to a bag I did for my cousin and I can sit on my butt for the rest of the day and call it good. :lol:

Shel We don't do storytime - evidently it's quite popular here and you have to be there first thing when they have signups or you miss out.

1) What is your name and family stats? (babies names, ages, etc...) Jen 28 (29 next month), married to Jim, Austin 8 (from my first marriage), Liam 4 (5 on may 18) Lily 3 (4 on may 23) and Isabella 6 months.
(ETA: Feel free to post pics! )
2) How long have you been a SAHM? Over 8 years.
2a) If your a WAHM for how long and what do you do? I also own a seasonal catering business that I run from home. It's one day a week May-October.
3) What did you do before this wonderful new job? I was in college. I have a bachelors degree in communication, specifically public relations.
4) What does DH/SO do? Jim is active duty military. He is a training and readiness officer with the Oregon national guard. 5) What are your priorities for each day? Where do you feel you need the most help with motivation in getting things done each day? I make a to do list every night. I make sure to allow time for relaxing. This is relaxing for me. I need motivation in getting the deep cleaning done. I'm tempted to hire someone once or twice a month.
6) What do you hope to get out of this journal? To meet some of you whose posts I've been reading. A get to know you sort of thing.

My to do list....
Liam has preschool and little league today. I need to run to the bank the post office and stop by old navy. Austin has boy scouts and won't be home til late. I am doing a TON of laundry today. My new sectional couch is almost full of laundry. Guess that makes sense as much clothes I buy at gymboree.
I need to make a hair appt for a military ball that is coming up.

Welcome Jen!

So, I rescheduled my hair appt and had DH take Riley to storytime. I went to the grocery store (with only ONE child...imagine that :eek: ) and he managed to BLOW OUT a diaper while we were there, so I came home with only half my list completed :rolleyes:

Hi Shel. Thanks for the welcome.
I had that happen just the other day. Isabella hadn't gone in days and decided the grocery store was her place to do it. It was awful.

:welcome: Jen!

Michele, I'm SO jealous!! I would have loved to be at that game!! I just adore Curt Schilling!

Shel, Ian was famous for mid-store blow outs when he was little! :rolleyes:

I got a lot done this morning. I had a friend and her 2 kids over. All the kids had a blast playing together. Now I have to finish the dishes and fold a couple loads of laundry. Tomorrow I'm going to clean Ellie's room, so if you see me online, PM me and make sure it's done, ok? :lol:

I got nothing done today. :blush: We went to have lunch with my mom, then stopped at DH's office on the way home, and just got in about 10 minutes ago. But I guess it's a trade off because the air conditioning repair guys were at my house for about 8 hours yesterday... The main thing I need to do is change the sheets on our bed and put away the down comforter to get out the springtime one.

I got nothing done either, Paige has been playing online preschool games most of the day and between trying to listen to The Davinci Code on cd or the news re: the new Pope I got nothing done besides make dinner for dh, I have to leave in half an hour for work( only 2 hrs tonight) then come home and put P to bed and watch Amazing Race it's supposed to be nice out but I havn't even stepped outside the door, still too tired from our looooooong walk yesterday :dead:

I didn't get back to the store yesterday. Oh well.

Today, I just need to go to the post office again. However, I am going to take Aiden for a walk to the one satelite post office downtown. I figured we could go down there, drop off a package and visit with my friend Nancy who owns the stained glass store where I have been taking classes. I also thought it might be nice because it's an enclosed area and he can run around a little bit more.

I also need to do the dishes and some light cleaning. I am also working on getting things on ebay. I really need to get some of this stuff out of here!

Well, yesterday I got nothing done around the house. I went to the library where I used to work to show off Sam to everyone (they haven't seen him in about 2 months) and to meet my friend who still works there so we could go out to lunch together. Other than that, dh and I took Sam to one of the parks near here for a little outside time in the evening--it was just too nice out to stay inside!

Today, I have already fed and changed Sam, had breakfast, made the bed, started the dishwasher, put in a load of laundry, and packed up some of the trash (it seems like it's always trash day-ugh!). I have to get 2 or 3 more loads of laundry done (washed, folded, put away), finish packing up the trash to bring out to the curb, unload dishwasher and clean up kitchen, and pick up around the house (esp. livingroom). Well, time to play with Sam for a while before I start in on all this other stuff. Have a lovely day, Ladies!

Welcome Jen! :wavey:

Today suppose to be 90 degrees out!!!!! I dropped Alexia off at preschool and while she's there I'm just gonna pick up around here and have some down time with just Angelina and I. :)

I really don't have a 'to-do' list for today really, but I know I must write out a check for a new preschool we found for Alexia for Sept. so our spot will be saved.

Enjoy your day everyone! :)

Rainy day here today... Kids are watching Nemo and I am in the process of tearing my beds apart and washing the bedding. (well, between peeking in here ;) )


I am at my wits end with my husband. Just because I am home all day long - does NOT give him the right to come home from work, sit his ass down and not lift a finger to save his life. I have had to do ALL the yard work in addition to the housework AND running my daycare. MF'er. And the shitty part - we are currenly TTC... as I am back onto my Clomid again and I dont want to have to go another cycle on that med... but right now - sex is the LAST thing on my mind when it comes to him :fook: Rant is done :blush:

Wow Chantal, sorry you're having a rough time, but I do understand! :bighug:

Chantal :bighug:

Do you mind? :fryingpan: to your DH! :lol: i hope I got a laugh out of you. :)

Can my DH get one of those :fryingpan:, too? He's been a real jerk lately, too!

Today, so far, I've gotten the dishwasher loaded and running, the rest of the dishes washed, 2 loads of laundry folded and put away, 2 more in the washer/dryer, and the kitchen floor swept. I probably would have gotten more done, but I ended up having to take my DD to the ped. She's had this weird rash under her arm for like a week. The doc said it was a virus and would go away in 2-3 weeks. He said to just use Aveeno anti-itch cream and Benedryl by mouth, if needed for the itch. Oh great! Another trip to Walmart. :rolleyes:

Well, Ladies, if it makes any of you feel better, I had the unpleasant task of replacing a gasket in our Diaper Champ. I've known it needed replacing for some time, but have been using lots of air freshener to put off doing this as long as possible. Since it is trash day, and I had to empty it anyway, I finally did it--AND IT BETTER WORK!!! The last thing I need is to go through that and still be able to smell stinky diapers! Wish me luck! It's back to the trash, dishes, and laundry--what better way to spend the day, right?!

Asta ~ good luck with the new gasket :) I dont miss the days of diaper pails at all! With the daycare diapers, I just wrap them in a plastic bag, tie a knot it in, and toss it in the garbage can in the garage.


Thanks everyone :hug99: for your support. He just doesnt get it. Yanno? Please send me some "get a backbone and give him shit" vibes :)

Still working on getting the laundry put away. Thought I would pat myself on the back for the simple fact that I can regularily get 5 kids ages 3 and under to sleep all at the SAME time --- 4 of the 5 kids are in the SAME room too! *pat pat* ;)

Today instead of my usual playdate at the mall or mcdonalds we went to the gym. My friend Sheri and I decided to drop in on a class. OMG I think my legs are going to fall off. It was a really intense step training class with weights. I think I need a nap. If we do that once a week instead of eating mcdonalds we'll be in great shape.

:bighug: Chantal

Asta your a brave woman:lol: I had a diaper champ/genie and it wreaked! I tossed the whole thing in the garbage :lol: I didn't dare try to change the diaper sauage's :lol:

I did absolutely nothing today, totally drained of energy lately :dead: just got home from bringing Cass to a sewing class and I'm starving! dh is gone for night shift and there are no leftovers, I think I'll just pulll a Lean Cuisine out for tonight, I have a very tall pile of laundry that needs to be put away, the garbage/recycle has to go out tonight ( that's Cass's job, just have to make sure she does it :awink: ) better get moving :wavey:

Can my DH get one of those :fryingpan:, too? He's been a real jerk lately, too!

Sure, Theresa :fryingpan: Since you asked! ;) :lol: Sorry DH has been a jerk. :bighug:

I dont miss the days of diaper pails at all! With the daycare diapers, I just wrap them in a plastic bag, tie a knot it in, and toss it in the garbage can in the garage.
We haven't used the diaper pail since Alexia was...gosh, I can't even remember. Maybe since she was 1 1/2 yrs. old. ?? No more than that. But I'm so use to just tossing Angelina's in a plastic bag, right into the garbage. :)

You go Jen, with your intense workout! :) I hate that feeling in the legs. Your really gonna feel it tomorrow! :blue:

I haven't gotten much done lately because we've been out and about so much! However, we don't have anything planned for the next two days, so my jobs are:

a. Thursday we're having a pest guy come and get a nest out of one of our vents. I also need to change the beds (didn't get it done the last time I posted about it! :blush: ), and get out the spring comforter and put away the down comforter.

b. Friday I have an oil change scheduled, and then the grocery store.

Can I join?
Sure, we'd love to have you Bretta! :wavey: Welcome! :biggrin:

Anne, what kind of nest do you have? I'm contemplating whether I should call a pest guy. There are alot of queen bees that hang and fly around our carport...I'm thinking there's a nest in there or something. I'm not sure if it's worth calling them or trying to spray it or whatever ourselves. :dunno:

Today is storytime at 11 am. Then from there we need to go to the post office for stamps, the grocery store, and the mall. We need to stop at Macy's because the stupid people there never took the big plastic tag thingie off James' suit he bought there. It was for the christening this past Sun and because it was stuck on there he wasn't able to wear the jacket! If I raise hell, you guys think they'll give us some money off? We feel they should compensate us AND the alarm never went off either so we never knew it was stuck on there til that day. I seriously want to talk to the manager....he purchased that Calvin Klein suit specifically for this christening last sunday and couldn't even wear the jacket!!

Oh yea, I also need to visit the gymnastics school today to possibly start Alexia up May 1st. :)

Around the house, I would like to clean off my dresser. I have no clue how the girls' stuff seem to make their way there! Also, to organize/file/go thru the paper clutter on the kitchen table. I started doing that last night but want to finish today. :)

Dawn I would definately talk to the manager, tell her it took you forever to drive back down, couldn't wear the jacket, had to get the 2 kids stapped into the car to come back etc, hopefully they will atleast give you a gift card :crossfing:

Today I'm meeting a friend at the mall for coffee, have to bring Paige with me though but she should be ok :crossfing: after that I need to get a bit of shopping done, P is out of vitamins and I think I need to start taking some as well, does anyone take vitamins, preferabley a once a day kind? any recommendations?

Last night I prepped a lasagna in the crockpot, come to think of it I could have just made it the regular way :duh: oh well and I used up all my apples that were getting a little old and made an apple crisp for dh ( I hate cooked apples :dead: ) so that's dinner taken care of..

Have a great day everyone :wavey:

does anyone take vitamins, preferabley a once a day kind? any recommendations?

No, but I should. I'm so bad at taking vitamins everyday. I have Centrum multi-vitamin that I use to try to take daily. And I also have it in an orange flavored chewable kind. I'm not sure if one vitamin is better over another. :dunno:

I'll let you know how I make out at the mall. If she can give a gift card, that would be awesome! Like I said before, even if she deducts something off of it we'll be happy for the inconvenience it caused.

Can I join?

Not until you get my bag done :lol2:


Lisa - I still take prenatals because I'm nursing, but when I'm not, I regular vitamins from the health food store. (actually I get my prenatals there too) When I was in college we did a study on cheap vitamins (One-A-Day etc) and the coating actually stays in your stomach for a really long time :dead:


Okay, you will all LOVE this. Last night I purposely mopped myself into a corner in my kitchen so I had to stand there and clean out my spice cabinet :lol: How's that for motivation???

Today is school for the boys, finishing pricing yard sale stuff and hopefully picking up my van from the shop. I really don't know about this yard sale since it's going to be 45 here Saturday!! How many people are going to yard sale in 45 degree weather????????

Todays to do list:
Liam has preschool.
I have to pick up my holds at gymboree. its FOG today.
i ran out of stamps while mailing the bills so i need to go by the post office.
i have to pick austin up at school at 2:30 then run to go get liam at preschool by 2:45.
my husband's boss or i guess you'd call him his superior (he's in the military) is coming to the house tonight to talk to me at 6pm. he's a captain in the military, my husbands a staff seargent and i am (or atleast have been) the family coordinator. things haven't gone so smoothly lately and i'm thinking of resigning. I think he wants to talk to me about that. I've had a huge problem with one of the other wives and am frustrated. at this point i'd just rather not be involved then deal with her b.s. surprisingly i am a little nervous to have him over to my house. he's a nice enough guy, i just feel like it needs to be uber clean.

oh yeah, I feel it today Dawn. I groaned as i got out of bed this morning. I definitely feel it. I think I will skip the gym today and go tomorrow.
that's hilarious shel. i need to do that in my bathroom. i hate doing bathrooms. i've been thinking of hiring someone to clean my bathrooms for me i hate it so much.

OK.....I am just so emotional right now it's not even funny. :cry: I am really having a trying day with Alexia. I swear, it's like we had "The Terrific Two's" and now that she just turned 3, it's like the "Treturous (sp?) 3's". I can't take it today (or shall I say what seems to be everyday lately). I swear there are times I don't even feel like being a SAHM and I ask myself should I just go out and work???!!! I know I'm probably saying that out of being so emotional, and having Aunt Flo around don't help any....but it's getting to the point that I do think about it. I don't want to seem like a cop-out, and I really do love staying home with them. I don't know what I think anymore. It's just that lately it has been so trying. If it's not one kid, it's the other. But it's so, so hard when Alexia is flipping out in tantrum mode and the baby is teething!! Ugh! :tearhair: There are days I just cannot take it...and I can take alot....and I have to try to put myself into 'another place.'

First off....storytime. Fine. That went good.

Next stop, the mall. For one, stupid me, we bought the suit at ANOTHER mall, not this one. Ugh! The lady did tell me there though that they would of compensated me, had we bought it there. She offered to take the tag thingie off and I told her no, just so I can show the other people at the other mall how it was left on, etc. In the meantime, the manager (at Macy's) who I always see there wants me to pop in next week to give me a card for an employee discount. Cool. :up: I must be in this mall like twice a week and she always talks to me and the girls!

So the whole while Alexia is being whiney....she wants something to drink. Fine. I was going to get a smoothie and a granola bar for her and this place don't take debit. Ugh! So then she gets in this crying/tantrum/whiney mode....So, we just leave the mall. I was going to look around some, but I said to myself "here it goes...." and decided to leave. She's crying cuz we're leaving. We were suppose to go to the post office AND the foodstore but forget it....I drove straight home. She's now crying cuz she wants to go to the foodstore and not home. The whole way home and when we got home this girl would not stop. I've made her lunch and then when she's done she's going right in for a nap. Now that she settled, Angelina is being the needy one now... her poor teeth, I wish they would break thru already!!! Oh gosh, I just can't take it today. I feel like the entire day was wasted, only to do storytime. Now I'm looking at a house that's a mess and I don't feel like doing crap. I really just want to dig a hole and never come out.

Phew. SOrry, and thanks for letting me vent. I guess I'm on emotional overload. :cry: I didn't think it would be a big vent, but I guess it was because I was keeping alot in and today just overflowed. I'm sure my fellow SAHMs/WAHMs have had days like this. Please let me know I'm not the only one!!!!! Thanks. :)

AAAAAAH, feel the peace..........I can hear myself breath.....

Alexia AND Angelina are napping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm in heaven. :)

:bighug: I hope they nap long enough for you to have some down time :bighug:

Dawn, I'm having a simliar day. I started my day off by walking into my son's room and seeing him covered in poo. Poo all over the bed, all over him... and I hadn't had my coffee yet. He's screaming because he woke up too early.
I spent the rest of my morning with him in my lap while I stayed on the computer because that was all I could do. If I moved, he screamed bloody murder. If I put him down, he screamed. So, he sat in my lap because I can't hold him all day long. Nothing got accomplished until he was able to eat lunch and then go down for a nap. He's had diarrhea all morning long and I have been in a very bad, bad mood.

So, I'm going to leave now and take all my aggression out on some housework. :P

Mandy

well, that was a short nap :(

well, that was a short nap :(

Oh, dontcha just hate that?! :blue: My lil' one woke up...then I popped the binky in her mouth. So far so good, as they are both still napping. I'm getting lots of things done. Onto the laundry!!!!!

Dawn, We're dealing with the Terrible 3's here, too! Ellie is just so whiney and throws the most awful fits! :tearhair:

Dawn, We're dealing with the Terrible 3's here, too! Ellie is just so whiney and throws the most awful fits! :tearhair:
I'm SO glad I'm not the only one. NOw was the 2's better for you as it was for us? I miss those Terrific Two's!!!! I hear at age 4 it gets better. A whole year?!?! I dunno if I can hold out that long! :tearhair: :lol:

Yesterday was my "bad" day..got a call from Cass's math teacher... *sigh* not sure which is worse ..toddlerhood or teen years :tearhair:

*sigh* not sure which is worse ..toddlerhood or teen years :tearhair:


TODDLERHOOD :nod:

Dawn and Mandy, so sorry you are both having such rough days! :hug99:

My day has really gone pretty well (*knock on wood*). Sam and I had a pretty uneventful morning, he went down for his long nap around 12:30 and woke up just before 3:00, then we went over to a friend's house for a "playdate" where we both had lots of fun, and we just got home and he fell asleep during the 10 minute ride home. How great is that?! I even managed to get some laundry and dishes done and the livingroom picked up a little! Still have to fold 2 loads of laundry (one of them is Sam's clothes and that always takes forever cuz there are about a billion little articles of clothing) and I'll start dinner when dh comes home. Overall, today gets a big :thumbsup:!!

I'm SO glad I'm not the only one. NOw was the 2's better for you as it was for us? I miss those Terrific Two's!!!! I hear at age 4 it gets better. A whole year?!?! I dunno if I can hold out that long! :tearhair: :lol:
We had some rough times with 2 also. Right around Ellie's 3rd birthday, things were really good and I thought we had dodged a bullet. Everyone told me how bad 3 was. It's just lately! She's been awful!! And now she has the vocabulary to go with the attitude. I hear, "I DON'T WANT TO!", "LET GO OF ME!", and "STOP IT!" all the time! :disbelief But then she'll turn around the next minute and be the sweetest thing! I swear she must have PMS sometimes! :lol:

:lol: Theresa! Yea, I've heard lately "LEAVE ME ALONE!!" What happened to my sweet child? She's sweet one minute and the next she's throwing a 3 yr. old tantrum! I guess we dodged the terrible 2's bullet, so that's why we're getting it like this at 3. :lol: I'm hoping for a much better day today. FIrst, Alexia did poop in the potty (she had 2 accidents yesterday, which is odd, cuz she always does poop in the potty) just a little while ago. She got a pretty sticker, and that made me so happy. :) So glad the morning started out great.

We're waiting on the lil' one to wake up from her AM nap. Then we're gonna try to finish off what we never finished yesterday :rolleyes:....the post office and the grocery store. :)

I got alot done yesterday while both girls were pleasantly napping. I did a couple loads of laundry, cleared off my dresser, and went through like 95% of the paper clutter in the kitchen and made files for them and then put them in the filing cabinet. :) I also swept the kitchen, and touched up the bathroom using the Lysol wipes.

I'm determined that I'll have a better day today..... :biggrin:

I decided to not have our yard sale tomorrow with the rest of our addition. It's only going to be 45 degrees, someone was supposed to bring tables and didn't show and I was going to have to close up early anyhow. That frees up my day!

Today I have to:

*Make the card for the anniversary party
*Pack diaper bag and van for trip tomorrow (1 1/2 hours one way :dead: )
*Pack up yard sale stuff in boxes and shove in storage in the garage
*Dig out high chair out of garage for Owen

Caroline's favorite is "Stop it" even if she's the one that did something!

I got my oil changed today, and went to the grocery store. I put away groceries, had lunch, and am planning to make strawberry soup this afternoon for dessert! :biggrin:

Went to the post office and the grocery store. Made Alexia lunch (she's eating now), I put away all the food and I'm about to put the girls in for a nap! :woo:

Anne, that strawberry soup sounds so good. I've been wanting to make it when you posted it before, but was that the recipe that called for the strawberry yogurt? If so, I didn't get yogurt today! Ack!

After the kids are in, I'm going to eat then do some laundry and little things here and there. It's starting to rain here.... :blue:

Thanks Vicky! :hug99:

I've had a much more productive day today. TG! :lol: Finished one sewing project, went to the post office, the bank, market, Target, and the mall. Aiden is now upstairs taking his nap. I think I tired him out. After I get off of here, I need to clean out my car. He and I are going to be meeting my Mom tomorrow at a mall that's almost in the middle (actually, it's still a lot closer to her than me, but no use in complaining cause it's just wasted).
I was able to start sorting through my clothing and start taking photographs of some things to go on ebay. I have some nice clothes from my brief stint in the working world. I was going to hang on to them, but I can no longer wear them since I shrunk. Plan on finishing that up today....
Then, it's just make dinner and do some laundry (and finally put the clean clothes away!)

Mandy

Strawberry soup! :lick: Yummy!

I bought a half flat of strawberries on Tuesday, and the kids have eaten them already!

And how is this for motivated. I laid down on my bed to talk to DH when he got home from work, and woke up 2 hours later! :blush: DH had left, shut the door and took care of the kids. :woo:

I did get the diaper bag and van packed for tomorrow. I have to go work on the anniversary card.

This morning I debated on two different paths I could take today.

1) Stay home with Sam and do housework and some front yard cleanup while he takes his long nap.

or

2) Bring Sam to go visit my mom, sisters, and brother (they live 1.5 hours away).

He is teething right now, and I wasn't sure if I could stay home with him all day and not be a raving lunatic by the time dh got home, so I chose path #2 :supergrin. We left around noon and I expected Sam to sleep the whole way, but he woke up at 12:30, so I decided to stop at my aunt's house which is on the way and a half hour before getting to my mom's house. It was nice because she has a hard time traveling, so this was the first time she was able to see Sam. He was a little fussy because of his sore mouth, but overall they had a nice visit. Spent the rest of the day at my mom's house and she made a wonderful dinner (pork roast--yum!) and everyone took turns trying to entertain/distract/calm Sam. I left for home just after 8:00 and thankfully he slept the whole way. Dh eased him into the crib when I got home and I've been chillin on the computer for about a half hour now--NICE! There was one big glitch, though--at one point I thought Sam was a little stinky and needed his diaper changed, and to my utter amazement, he was COVERED from just above his shoulder blades all the way down in poo!! I had to throw away the onesie he was wearing it was so bad! It took a full 15 minutes (and the help of both of my sisters!) to get him cleaned and changed into new clothes. Ah well, c'est la vie!

Vicky, I would have chosen path #2, also! :lol:

Shel, Have a nice time at the party! :)

Today is a yucky, rainy day, so the kids and I are just going to stay home. I want to get all the laundry folded and put away and get the bathroom cleaned. I also want to get a lot done on a cross stitch I'm making. It's for my friend's DH who is graduating med school in a few weeks. My goal is to get it done this weekend, so I can go look at framing options this coming week.

Ugh what a crappy day! It's pouring :down: I have to return & pick up some items at the library I soooo don't want to go now :rolleyes: I'll probably do some major cleaning when I get back, I'll let P play on the computer so I can get stuff done.

Have a good one :wavey:

I'm still around.

Dylan and I have been sick all week. Well me the past few days.

I still got some laundry done.
The ILs have had Dylan since Thursday. I miss my baby so bad :( but I really couldn't take care of him. I was that ill.

Dylan's newest phrase, like Alexia, is "leave me alone!" It comes out more like "yeave ayone" but you get the idea.

I HAVE to venture out today for my exam.
I have to get the ILs a thank you/anniversary gift too.

It's raining and our roof decided to leaked next to the bed. Drip! Drip! Drip!

UGH!

Okay, Ladies, hate to start a Monday off by saying this, but....I am DREADING today. I have to bring Sam for his 4-month well visit at the doctor's office, and he will need to get 3 vaccination shots. I HATE HATE HATE it when he has to have shots!!! He gives me this horrible look that says "HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY LET THEM DO THIS TO ME?!" And last time, he was really really cranky the whole rest of the day. Plus, the appointment falls right during his long nap time, so he'll probably be cranky for being woken up too. Dh can't get away from work to go with us, either, so I feel like I'm gonna be the bad guy again. I'm definitely going to make his next appointment for either morning or late afternoon (today's appt. is at 1:00) so it doesn't disrupt naptime and dh has a better chance of being able to go with us. I made today's appointment 2 months ago--before Sam had any kind of routine, so it's bad luck with the timing.

I am not setting any other goals for today other than taking a shower. The house is a wreck, but who cares? Have a good day, Ladies!

Owen got FOUR shots at his 4 month appt. Just to prepare you :lol:

Today... 9:30 am PAP SMEAR! :woo: What a way to start off a week, huh?

Oh poor Sam, hope he takes them well today :crossfing:

Today I have 0 energy! but I have to do all my cleaning today since I'm working Wed (night),Thurs and Friday, I must clean all the clutter, Paige has paper all over the house, I love her drawings but man they are everywhere :tearhair: it breaks my heart to throw them out but I can't keep it all :(
my 'to do' list for today
-change sheets
-clean bathrooms
-vac/wash floors
-windex all glass
-figure out what's for supper
-call doc book test

Have a good one :wavey:

Ugh! I'm drained from a busy weekend with little league drama, Austin's birthday party, some crazy situations with the family program at my husband's unit, my husband worked all weekend. That's 25 days straight with no day off.
I have a TON of laundry to do today. Plus a lot going on tonight.
Gotta love it when little league conflicts with cub scout den meetings which then conflicts with other activities. It makes for fun juggling. I feel like a circus clown.
Although I got so annoyed this weekend that I resigned my volunteer position with my husband's unit. I have to say I'm relieved to be done with it all. It was getting way to political and ruining the integrity of the program.

I am sooo looking forward to my girls weekend away at the beach this weekend. It will be a much needed break.

Vicky, Did you give Sam Tylenol before his shots? I found that that can help with the crankiness afterwards. Don't feel bad. I know it stinks that they need shots, but it's MUCH better than them getting some bad disease later in life! And it does get easier. :hug99:

Shel, I'm so jealous!! :lol:

Lisa, I have no ambition either.

Mosersmonkey, (Sorry. I don't know your real name. :blush: ) A girls weekend? I'm jealous!

Today, so far, I've gotten the kitchen cleaned. It looks really good! :up: That, in itself, is good considering Ellie is being really whiney and naughty! She's been in time out 3 times already! :tearhair: I do want to clean the living room and get it vacuumed really good. I'm going to try and steam clean it tonight after the kids are asleep. :)

I just can't seem to stop spending money, and it's not even for fun stuff! Last week we spent $950 on the a/c, $200 on bee nest removal, and today I found out that my front brakes are metal to metal to the tune of $225! :doh: DH said we can't buy anything other than gas and groceries for a LOOOONG time. :blue:

But today DH had off work, so he took Caroline to school :woo: which gave me time to go to the library, the post office, and get my car looked at, and then come home to do two loads of laundry.

Theresa, I read your post just before we left, so THANK YOU for mentioning the tylenol. Last time I gave it to him after his visit, but it didn't occur to me to give it to him before.

Well, the appointment went about as expected EXCEPT that not only did he have the 3 shots while we were there today (poor kid...), but he was supposed to have one more (HIB? Something to do with influenza?...), but the shipment didn't come in today as expected, so we have to GO BACK on Wednesday so he can get the final shot!!! I don't know if this is gonna be worse for him or me! At least he's sleeping pretty peacefully right now (he should be pretty hungry right now, but he prefers sleep to eating, and socializing to sleep, but I think the trauma and crying wore him out). At least all is well--he's very big and very healthy, and that's all that really matters. Thanks for your sympathy, Ladies--I think I'm gonna spend the rest of today trying to pamper us both and screw the housework! :nod: Have a great day!

Vicky - Awe, poor Sam. Angelina did not take well with the 4 shots AT ALL. When she was 2 mos. and again when she was 4 mos. Well, when she was 4 mos., I got smart and gave her tylenol BEFORE the shots. She was better than the first set of shots when she was 2 mos. But both times she cried reaaaaallly bad about 3-3 1/2 hrs. after the shots were given. So weird.

Anne - i know, when it rains it pours. That always seems to happen. Hopefully that will be the end of your 'non fun' spending. :)

Jen - Good for you for resigning and I'm happy that your relieved. :) I hear ya when things start becoming too political. Me no like that. :nono:

Didn't do too much today. Alexia had preschool so instead of me driving home 40 min. only to leave to pick her up an hour later, I went to the mall and shopped instead. :biggrin: I'm so bad..... Macy's, Gymboree & Children's Place makes tons of money off of me. :lol: Then picked her up, came home and cleaned my bedroom and the kitchen and I think that's it. TOmorrow's always another day. :)

I want to get the girls pics done so i have to figure out when to make an appointment for PP. I'll probably do a load of laundry by day's end today as well.

Oh poor Sam, he has to go through it again :( that bites :bighug:

I stalled my cleaning, I did manage to clean both bathrooms, my room, change the sheets and dust but that's it, I am leaving the living room and kitchen vacumming for Cass :devil: I'm debating getting her to wash the floor too :lol:

supper is figured out, dh won't be home till late so I don't have to start it for a while, Paige and Cass don't eat what we eat anyway :rolleyes: how did I end up with 2 exact same picky eaters with 2 different fathers?? they can't possibly take after me 'cause I will eat just about anything.. which is why I'm going back on WW diet :lol:

Oh yea, I forgot to mention when we were at the mall, I went to Macy's to have them take care of the suit episode, remember? Where they left the tag thingie on it, blah blah blah, and James couldn't wear the jacket that day. I wanted them to compensate us somehow. he said he'll take 10% off. i said no. more. :lol: So he deducted 15% off...which was like $32.00. So, not too bad I suppose. :)

I'm stuck in laundry hell. I need to stop going to gymboree and baby gap. Although the kids only go through one maybe 2 outfits a day. It Dh that's killing me. Even with a uniform for work....He only wears his pjs once to bed. He wears civilian clothes to work in the morning, wear PT clothes to work out, wears his camo bdus for work, changes back into civilian clothes to come home, then changes again when he gets home into comfy clothes and then a final change into pajamas. Can you say high maintenance???
Thankfully we got a new set of front loading washer/dryer set a couple months back. So the loads are bigger, but the folding is exhausting. I swear I'm going to boycott laundry for a week just so he can see how much I do of it.
I have no idea what to make for dinner. We are going all different directions tonight. Cub scouts, tee ball and I got recruited for one of those focus group research studies about restaurants. I get to try food, get a gift certificate and be paid $60 for 2 hours of telling them what I like.
I was thinking of doing a stew in a crock pot. Anyone have any good easy recipes?? Something I can throw together??
PM me. I've got 4 hours and counting.....

Oh and my name is JEN :dancingpi

Jen, I have a CP stew recipe for you but I got to your post just now and it's probably too late. Let me know if you still want the recipe.

So your in laundry hell and I'm in TEETHING HELL! Ugh girls...look at the time...it's 2:15 am my time (east coast) and Angelina got up about 1:15 am screaming. I'm assuming she's hungry so I go fix her a bottle, but she didn't want bottle. It took her 40 min. to stop crying! I put some baby orajel on her and the only thing that started 'settling' her down some was by me sort of bouncing her up and down on my leg. Ugh. She finally fell asleep (without a bottle so she'll probably be up soon...hungry). Just nothing, nothing was working...poor thing in such pain. She's gonna be like her mamma I tell you...can't take pain for nothing!

So now I'm all wide awake after that episode.....

Jen, I've spent waaaaaay too much money on girl's clothes at the mall lately (I am so bad when it comes to this). I justify it by Alexia's sudden growth spurt. Suddenly almost all her clothes in her closet or drawers don't fit her! Then I justify it again by saying her sister will get to wear it too. :lol:

Well, for today I would like to stop at the mall (yet again....I swear I'm there at least 3 times a week) to pick up our neighbor a little something. They had a baby girl and I want to get a little outfit. And knowing me I just know I won't leave the mall without something for the girls. :blush1: :lol:

There's some phone calls I have to make to take care of some things and I need to write out some bills. Not sure what cleaning things I'm gonna tackle yet.

Have a good day everyone. :wavey:

I went to Macy's to have them take care of the suit episode, I wanted them to compensate us somehow. he said he'll take 10% off. i said no. more. :lol: So he deducted 15% off...which was like $32.00. So, not too bad I suppose. :)

Good for you Dawn :woo: I once complained to Home Depot about the crappy service we received( this is when they first opened in Canada and actually cared about service :rolleyes: ) and they sent us a $20 gift card so you did great :)


Today I have to take some books to the library and hopefully some books I put on hold re: decks/fences came in so we can start planning, we actually drove out to this house that has a fence we liked and took a picture of it :lol: of course dh didn't tell me that's what he was planning and took our 35 mm camera and not the digital :headslap: I also have to hunt down sewing machine needles for Cass, it has to be for jeans and I have no idea what they look like or where to find them :crazy:

No idea what's for dinner either but dh won't be home till really late, he has to go meet my brother after work and help move a tv for my mom.

have a good one :wavey:

it's 2:15 am my time (east coast) and Angelina got up about 1:15 am screaming. I'm assuming she's hungry so I go fix her a bottle, but she didn't want bottle. It took her 40 min. to stop crying! I put some baby orajel on her and the only thing that started 'settling' her down some was by me sort of bouncing her up and down on my leg. Ugh. She finally fell asleep (without a bottle so she'll probably be up soon...hungry). Just nothing, nothing was working...poor thing in such pain. She's gonna be like her mamma I tell you...can't take pain for nothing!


Well, she woke up again at 5 am. Screaming her head off. Again, thought she was hungry...but she didn't want nothing to do with the bottle. I gave her orajel again and tylenol this time. Took her over an hour to settle her. Tried everything....nothing worked. I tried giving her the bottle once last time, and she was falling asleep on the nipple. She only drank 1 oz. Well, guess what? She's done it again just recently with the crying and nothing can soothe her. SO.....I just called the Dr. and I'm bringing her in. We have to drive 40 min. cuz I haven't found a new dr. around here. It's this piercing screaming that goes on and on....and another thing that is worrying me is that she hasn't eaten since last night around 9 pm!!! Well, she did have that 1 oz. around 5-ish this morn. I hate to call the dr. cuz what if it's 'just teething'? But this is the 3rd time since 1 am and I couldn't take it anymore and just want to be sure it's nothing more serious. I know babies all have different levels of tolerance of pain, but this is like an urgent painful cry. It seems to be happening like every 4 hrs. She's on and off now with her crying, but I'm still gonna take her in. Keep your fingers crossed that it's nothing more than teething. This is just way too much, and even if it turns out to be 'nothing' I'm glad that the Dr. will check her out. James is meeting me there. :)

Needless to say....I'm tired, I'm beat and exhausted and I'm not doing NADA around this house today!

Dawn, so sorry to hear about all Angelina (and YOU!) have been going through. I think you're right to have called the doctor--I would have done the same thing under the same circumstances. Sam cried out in his sleep 3 times last night, so I had to keep getting up to check on him. Fortunately, he never fully woke up, but he was rubbing his mouth with his hand each time I checked on him, so I know it has to do with his sore mouth. He woke up a little earlier than normal this morning too, and then instead of the half-hour nap I was expecting around 9:30 this morning, he slept for almost two hours, but he was SCREAMING and CRYING for quite some time before I could get him calmed down enough to take that nap. He's now napping again in his swing, so I may take a snooze on the couch, too. Other than that, I have the dishwasher going and laundry churning away, so will probably spend a good portion of the day on those things. Take care, everybody!

:bighug: Dawn, I hope the doc can help you figure out what is bothering her :bighug:

Thanks Vicky and Lisa. :bighug:

Well, to sum it up.... her ears and throat looked fine so nothing there. He said, however, that he thinks something may be up with her tummy. It was making gurgling type of noises but that could either be cause a) she's hungry since she hasn't eaten in a while or b) some type of bug/virus thing with her tummy. He wants us to keep away from formula for 24 hrs. and gave us some pedialyte for her to take. He said if she gets diahreaha (i know I butchered that word) then it's a sign that it was most likely a bug or something with her tummy. He doesn't want to be so quick to run blood tests today and such, as he wants to see how she does over the course of the night and he wants me to call him tomorrow morn. to see how she's doing (has she been crying, any bowel movements, is she eating, etc.). I guess depending on my report will determine his next step. If it is something with her tummy it can be cramping or something which is causing her to cry like that. On top of it, we know she's teething so that doesn't make things any better.

She is not drinking the pedialyte. I thought she was, but she's just suckling and there's still the same amount in the bottle as we started out with. I keep on offering it to her every so often. She just got done with another episode of that crying and all that....it's on and off....and now she's sleeping, however she's been doing that and she won't sleep for more than 1/2 hr. SHe always wakes up crying like every 10 min. I know she is just so tired from all that crying and stuff....I hope she sleeps for a good couple hrs. at least. I don't know what to do. What if she drinks nothing today? That means she hasn't had anything since yesterday night (well, not counting the 1 oz. from this morn).

GOsh, this stinks. I will try to wait it out tonight but something tells me it's gonna be like how it was all day and in the middle of the night. I may even call the dr. again b4 they close at 5 pm if she's still not eating and is like this. I just gave her more tylenol (again). I hate all this tylenol that she's getting every 4 hrs. But it does seem to help her somewhat.

Sorry to be so rambly....but I know she's in pain, you can hear it in her cries and this just stinks. :blue:

What's with our Nov/Dec babies. Owen didn't sleep worth crap last night and is refusing to nap well today :mad:

Luckily, DH grabbed him when he got home from work this morning at 7:30 am and shut my door so I wouldn't hear, so I got to sleep until 9 (after being up 5 times last night :sleeping: )

But, I have managed to do 3 loads of laundry, clean and freeze a flat of strawberries, load and run the dishwasher, reconcile our bank statement and write checks for bills and help Kaleb with diameter and radius of circles :puke:

Now the boys and I are going to work on scrapbook stuff for the rest of the day since it's pouring down rain here.

I spent the morning waiting for new brakes on my car. So we went to storytime, had lunch wtih our friends, and went to the park. I have to do another load of laundry because it appears we're going to NY this weekend to visit the inlaws.

Ditto this.

Isabella is in teething hell too. So Dawn I'm right there with you. Have you tried teething tablets?? They work so great. I even used them for my own tooth ache a few months back and was AMAZED at how well they worked. And they didn't taste awful like the orajel.
I swear I've turned into a chew toy. Isabella wasn't happy today unless she was chewing on my breast. Great fun!!
Hopefully she will get some much needed sleep tonight since nap times were sporatic at best.

Oh no, sorry to hear your in teething hell too, Jen. :blue: No, haven't tried the tablets. :scratch: How do they work and I can get them in the baby aisle?

Well, Angelina is doing much better today! That almost constant painful cry stopped around 3 pm yesterday and she started drinking the pedialyte at about 3:30 pm yesterday and gulfed it down (remember the last time she ate was around 8 pm the night prior). After that I felt some gas coming out of her. Maybe she had some gas pockets or something? I wonder if that's what was going on. Who knows, but anyway her Dr. wants me to call him this AM to see how she's doing. It was so nice when our baby was so peaceful and not crying so much in pain. So now we're just dealing with strictly the teething stuff again. :lol:

Today it's raining...yuck! I would like to sweep and mop the kitchen floor, unpack a box or two in our bedroom. So sad to say that we are still not 100% unpacked. :blush1: Well, all the stuff we need and use are unpacked at least. Oh yea, I also have to make those phone calls I spoke about the other day. Because of Angelina yesterday and taking her to the Dr., etc. nothing got done around here.

Since it's raining James should be coming home early!!! :)

Uggh I remember teething hell, not fun for anyone :bighug:

I am taking Paige to the playcentre, today is French circle time, I want to see how she reacts to all french storytime :crossfing: I got 5 loads of laundry done last night :woo: all of it washed,dried.folded and put away :faint: I also vacummed last night so I have nothing to do today :yippee:

gotta run, have a good one everyone :wavey:

I also vacummed last night so I have nothing to do today :yippee:


OK, so jealous Lisa! You can always come to my house...there's plenty to do here! ;)

:banana: Dh is taking Missy K to his moms for the weekend :yippee: They leave Friday morning after I go for my blood work to determine if I have indeed, ovulated. Then they dont come back until Sunday late afternoon :) I think we will go to the Drive In Sunday night, if it's not raining. They are showing Robots and Miss Congeniality 2 :)


So - housework is pretty much on hold till the weekend when I can overhaul the house without interruption :) This is only the 2nd time in 3 years that I have had a full day to MYSELF! :jump2:

I have to wake Sam up pretty soon because we have to go back to the ped office today for his final shot--OUCH! I can't believe it's 9:00 and he's still asleep! It took dh and I 1 1/2 hours to get Sam to go to sleep last night--he was so tired (was falling asleep during his last bottle at 8:00), but would just cry and scream every time he was put down in his crib. I finally ended up rocking him to sleep while dh tried softly singing to him. I know he slept really restlessly too because I could hear him moving all around in his crib. So, after the ped office, dh was hoping I could bring Sam by his office for a visit (and to show him off to all his co-workers, of course!), and then maybe we'll go out to lunch somewhere--will have to see. Other than that, just the same old stuff on the agenda for today--laundry, picking up, making dinner, etc. Hope you all have a great day! Oh, and Dawn, I hope Angelina is doing better and you were both able to get some sleep last night. Did she ever take to the pedialyte? Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Today is laundry, sweep and mop kitchen....same ol' same ol'. Owen got up twice to eat last night so I will be dragging later this afternoon.

Vicky - Thanks! :) Yes, Angelina finally took to drinking the pedialyte yesterday around 3 pm. The update is in my post about 3 posts before yours. ;)) She's still drinking it and I called the Dr. office this morning, and this afternoon she will go back to the formula. I'm a little scared, as I hope it's not the formula that made her like that. Sometimes as a baby gets older certain formulas don't 'agree' with their bellies. I hope it was just a freak thing as I do NOT want to go thru that again. I just changed her diaper & she did a poop :woo: :lol: It was a little watery though, but I'm glad something came out. :) The last time she did was sun. (but she's never one to poop every day anyhow...usually every other day is a norm for her).

Shel, Angelina got up twice to eat too...but then again she almost always gets up twice to eat. :rolleyes: Thankfully though, she goes back down right away after she's fed. :)

OK - I got 2 phone calls out of the way AND I started getting rid of some things in the fridge. WOW....alot of stuff in tupperware from leftovers, etc. :blush1: I dunno how that happened cuz we are leftover pple and usually eat it the next day. ?? Anyway, now I have the great enjoyment of dumping that crap out and washing the tupperware. :dead:

OK, so jealous Lisa! You can always come to my house...there's plenty to do here! ;)

I wish I could :bighug:

French circle time did NOT go over very well, she didn't want to participate at all, TG! they didn't do an hour long session this time. Paige just sat on my lap the whole time facing away from the teacher, I hope it's just because of her sudden shyness and not because it was french :disbeleif:

Must be the age Lisa. Riley is usually not shy, but she doesn't participate in our storytime at the library either. She just sits and stares at people like they are nuts.

Since you all know the Angelina saga, I wanted to continue it in here if you all don't mind.

She's still drinking it (pedialyte) and I called the Dr. office this morning, and this afternoon she will go back to the formula. I'm a little scared, as I hope it's not the formula that made her like that. Sometimes as a baby gets older certain formulas don't 'agree' with their bellies. I hope it was just a freak thing as I do NOT want to go thru that again.

So Angelina went back on the formula yesterday afternoon. Again, the pain thing started happening again! :tearhair: Without a doubt, we know it's the formula!!! I have to call the Dr. today, first thing, to update him and to see what he wants to do from here. She got really bad at around 8 or 9 pm last night. That urgent/painful cry!!! :blue: She was FINE when she was just on the pedialyte when the forumla, I guess, passed through her system after some time. Then, BAM....we put her back on the forumla and she was crying, fussing and got really bad a few hours later. I guess her body has suddenly decided that it doesn't agree with milk-based formula? :dunno: We've never had a problem before, but like I posted in my above quote it can happen where when a baby gets older a baby's digestive system or whatever don't 'agree' with it (something like that my dr. was saying). Who knows. I'll see what the dr. says . But by her being OFF the formula for those 24 hrs. and then going back to it, that certainly helped us determine that the formula is doing something to her. :blue: She will remain on the pedialyte until the dr. tells us what he wants to do (soy formula or something else.). I'll keep you all posted. Oh, and she got up 4x's last night. :dead: MOstly of hunger since the pedialyte don't really fill you up like the formula does. There were certainly some pain cries too, in there.

Anyway, for today FIRST THINGS FIRST....call Angelina's Doctor!!!! Then we have storytime and I want to go to the bank and the post office. Depending on how the girls are, I also wanted to head up to the mall to get my godson a bthday gift as his bday is this weekend at some children's museum, i want to buy our neighbor's new baby a little something (they just had a baby girl), and I need to get a Mother's Day gift for the exchange. :) I also would like to stop by the gymnastics school for Alexia. The semester starts May 1st and I want to sign her up. She's been asking for The Little Gym...but since we moved we don't go no more. We've been wanting to get her started in soley gymnastics since she was taking a huge, huge interest in the balance beam and parallel bars, etc. :) So we'll see how she takes to it. :)

Have a good day everyone! :wavey:

That was the second time we've been ( the last time was english though) and both times she kept asking to leave, was I bad in making her stay?

Well today I have to work :dead: afterwards I'm going grocery shopping :dead: then coming home and cooking supper :dead: then heading out to Cass's parent/teacher night :dead:

Have a great day everyone :wavey:

Well today I have to work :dead: afterwards I'm going grocery shopping :dead: then coming home and cooking supper :dead: then heading out to Cass's parent/teacher night :dead:
Hey Lisa, that's alot of :dead: 's in there. ;) :lol:

have a good day!!!

Hey Lisa, that's alot of :dead: 's in there. ;) :lol:


I was thinking the same thing! :lol:

Lisa, When I took Ellie to story time, she would just wander around the library and not actually sit and do what she was supposed to. :lol:

Dawn, Ian had a lot of spit up issues when he was a baby and the doctor up him on Enfamil Lacto-Free. It did help some. If, by chance, the doctor wants you to try that, I still have some sitting around. I'll gladly send it to you for the cost of postage. :)

Today I'm going to my mom's for a while in the morning and then I'm going to come back and clean, clean, clean. I'm going to start with the kitchen and go from there. I have so much to do!

Have a great day, Everyone! :sunny:

Hey Lisa, that's alot of :dead: 's in there. ;) :lol:



:lol: LOL! it's Lynn's fault :lol:

:lol: LOL! it's Lynn's fault :lol:
:lol: Exactly! :lol:

Theresa, thanks so much.m :) I'll let you know what they say. Unfortunately I called her dr. office today and he's in a conference all day. :blue: So, I had to call the covering dr. at another office. I explained to the nurse everything that has happened over the past couple days and she will have the dr. call me back. She, along with the other dr. office nurse , was asking is it maybe gas. ?? I dunno...I really don't have a clue now as to what is going on. Gas pockets? sure. Maybe. She is not spitting up. But we've never had this problem and she's been on this forumla for a while. Ugh! This just stinks. So the dr. is gonna call me back and let me know if she should stay on the pedialyte until tomorrow (when i can talk to her doctor) or to switch formulas.

She has a stomach virus infection!!!!!!!

It usually lasts 3-5 days. She got it from someone holding her or touching her. It was suggested by the Dr. that I go and get soy formula. Keep her on it until her stools become normal then we can go back to her regular formula. Because her regular formula is milk based, it's causing cramping and stuff in her tummy because of the infection. :blue: We just got done with yet another episode of unconsolable crying.... she wouldn't take the soy formula or a pedialyte bottle. Oy, I can't wait for this to be over with. Poor thing (and poor me!). :blue:

I hear from the Dr. office that this virus infection is going around and alot of babies were coming in because of it....so just be careful everyone...as this is NO FUN at all for the lil' ones.

So we're back from storytime, we went to look at 2 gymnastics schools and went to the food store. Didn't make it to the mall as that's when the painful cries were starting with Angelina again. Now I just want to cool down on here if I can, clean up the house a little, and relax....and be there for the lil' one if she needs me. :)

Dawn, you poor thing! :bighug: 3-5 days must seem like an eternity for you right now! I hope Angelina starts to feel better VERY SOON.

I'm not quite sure why, but I'm just feeling kinda down today. Could be pms, I guess--af is due next week. Sam and I are going over a friend's house in a little while for a playdate, and usually I really look forward to that, but today I pretty much could care less. I hope that will change once we get there and start interacting.

Anyways, so far today I made the bed, did a couple loads of laundry, put dinner in the crockpot (I'm making the Swiss Chicken Casserole recipe from the crockpot thread--had it last week too and it is quite yummy! I use lowfat swiss cheese and low fat cream of mushroom soup so it's actually pretty good for us, too--what a bonus!), and I also brought out Sam's 6-9 month clothes from storage to be washed since he's movin' on up the sizes. I spent quite a while cutting all the price tags off of them, too! So those clothes are currently in the wash to be dried and folded later.

Gosh, I feel like such a slug today. I think I need dh to take me out somewhere tonight--maybe that'll shake me out of this funk. Dh has been working a lot of overtime lately, too, so I haven't hadn't much of a break from being "mom" in a while, so that may be part of it, too. Well, I gotta go change and feed Sam before our playdate. Have a great day, Ladies!

Dawn, I hope Angelina is better soon! :justahug:

Vicky, :hug99: for you!

Oh Dawn :( Kaitlyn had something just like that when she was less than a year old. She had water BM's for almost a week :( It was horrible - the smell, her risk of dehydration... and it was a tummy virus for her too :( It ran its course and then all of a sudden - it was gone and she was back to her normal self.


I hope it passes quickly and that Angelina is back to her old self soon :hug99:

Dh leaves tomorrow with Kaitlyn - to see MIL... and Cleaning Fest Spring 2005 begins :lol:

I am so bad at keeping up everywhere lately it seems!

We have had kind of a busy week. Today it rained so we went to the mall to walk laps, play in the indoor playground and eat lunch. I had big plans to get some major laundry done but Jackson took a short nap and ruined it.

So...tomorrow...

laundry
take high chair apart and scrub (the thing is disgusting!)
call White Elephant
make list/go to grocery store
make dinner
exercise

Ok, now I am going back to catch up!

:bighug: Dawn, hopefully the bug moves on fast :crossfing:

I am going to my sisters today to clean :dead: havn't been in ages so it's going to take longer than usual, so I won't be doing anything here, might toss in a load of laundry tonight.

Have a great day everyone :wavey:

Thanks for the :hug99: Theresa!

I actually did feel a lot better after our playdate yesterday. It kinda restarted my mood, and it was nice cuz dh got home maybe a half hour after we did and we spent some nice family time last night. :nod:

So, for today, hmmm.....well, I should probably get a few things at the grocery store. It's funny--looks like we have absolutely NO FOOD because most stuff I keep in the freezer. Looks like all we eat if you open the actual fridge is condiments! :lol: We do need the staples though like milk, bread and eggs. I also might go to the baby clothes consignment shop to try to find Sam some jeans (I just got out his 6-9 month clothes yesterday, and that's one thing he doesn't seem to have in that size range, but I think he has everything else). Other than that, more laundry (never seems to end), and we're thinking of having a tag sale soon, so I should probably sort through some stuff with that. Take care, Ladies, and have a great day!

Thanks Vicky, Theresa, Chantal & Lisa. :hug99:

Chantal, yep...what Kaitlyn had sounds just like what Angelina has. Her poops are watery too. The thing that sucks is when her tummy is cramping...her poor crying and there's nothing to do to make it better. I hope today is a better day. She's been eating the soy, so that's good and right now she's cooing and stuff. As long as she don't have those horrible painful cries, I think we'll be ok. And of course can't wait for her BMs to go back to 'normal'. This tummy virus really stinks. :blue:

This house is a mess since I've had my hands full w/ Angelina, it's been impossible to clean. Need to do dishes, clean up the computer room, my room, laundry, see if any bills need to be written out, bathroom...... I also need to figure out what I'm gonna make for dinner.

Happy Friday everyone! :wavey:

Hey, what went on with everybody today? It's Friday...what did you all do? :biggrin:

Well, we're starting to see improvement w/ Angelina. She was on and off with some pain earlier in the day, but it's getting better. She was so happy for alot of the day and it was wonderful to see her coo, laugh and smile. :) We're keeping her on the soy until her BMs are normal. She didn't do a BM today so I don't know yet.

I cleaned alot around here....kitchen, my room, the office, vacumed the entire downstairs, and did 2 loads of laundry. I also went through Alexia's old 3-6 mos. clothes to take out for Angelina. I need to wash them. I also packed Angelina's 0-3 mo. stuff away.

Tomorrow I am running out to buy my godson a bday gift (his bday party is Sun) and to buy a gift for the Mother's Day exchange. This would of been done earlier in the week, but with Angelina being sick it was impossible. Oh well....

I hope everyone has a great weekend! :wavey:

I vegged out once I got home from work yesterday :dead: Today I'm taking Paige to the drop in play centre, then to the library, then to the grocery store, they are having b1g1f chicken :lol: and I have a bunch of free product coupons I need to redume before I lose them and this store hands out airmiles so I'll be getting free airmiles :woo: going to cash them in for a trip to the zoo this summer :)

Tonight my mom wants us to join her at her church spagetti supper so I might do that, I also need to pick up Cass at her friends where she slept over but I don't know what time she will be done volunteering :tearhair: so I might not be able to do any cleaning until tommorow night after Tony leaves for work..

Ooops I have almost forgot to turn the crockpot on :duh: raw stuffed peppers woud not go over very well :dead:

have a great weekend everyone :wavey:

UGH! I've had a wicked stressful morning. Short story: Ian fell off the hope chest, bumped his head, fell asleep, couldn't be woken up, called 911, had to go by ambulance to the ER, he was fine, and now we're home and I think I'm going to have a nervous breakdown. :lol:

I plan on taking it easy for the rest of the day. I *may* go to Kohl's. They're having a great sale on kitchen appliances and my best friend told me she wants a toaster for her birthday next week. We'll see how Ian is when he wakes up from his nap.

Hope you're all having a good weekend!

OMG! Theresa! :hug99: How scary! I'm glad he's ok!

I'm joining this thread now. One more final and I'm a full time sahm again. :woo:

Thanks and welcome, Hilary! :welcome:

Wow :eek: Theresa that would freak me out :eek: so glad he's ok :bighug:Yay Welcome Hilary! :woo:

Ok so I don't think I'll be going to the spagetti supper after all, non of the girls are going to eat anything but they would still charge us at the door, that sucks 'cause I've alway's wanted to go to a spagetti supper :( guess I could get a movie :dunno:

:wavey:

Theresa, SO GLAD he's okay!

I've spent the day getting ready for our tag sale tomorrow. I've finished tackling the attic (most stuff up there that needs to go belongs to dh, but really we've been pretty good about not overloading up there with junk we don't need). Some of you may know that our house is sort-of a "handyman special" so even though we've been here just about a year now, there have been boxes of stuff unpacked in our diningroom since we moved in. The reason they have remained unpacked is because they are primarily kitchen/diningroom/decorative stuff, and our kitchen really needs a complete overhaul (there are several layers of paint on the homemade, original falling-apart kitchen cabinets, and at least one layer is lead paint--not the top layer, fortunately, but still...). I've been getting by with a large metal rack for our everyday dishes, pots/pans, etc. So, in a year or two, either the whole kitchen will be gutted, or we will be moving, but in the meantime, I don't feel comfortable putting our dishes in the actual cabinets. So, right now I am taking a break from going through those boxes. I think it's easier to sort through stuff when you haven't used it in a year--helps clarify what's really important. So, I've been coming up with a bunch of stuff for the tag sale. I'm maybe half-way through sorting. Still have to tackle our closets for clothes to get rid of (especially dh--he dresses well, but tends to hang onto his comfy stuff until it is in rags). Have a great day, Ladies, and wish us lots of $$$ on our tag sale tomorrow! :nod:

Good luck tommorow Vicky :crossfing: I really need to have a garage/tag sale too, my basement is full of crap!

Whew! I just mowed our backyard. I am so hot! DH went hunting. :rolleyes: A bunch of my family is coming down next week for my graduation, so we have to have the house looking beautiful, since they never come to visit, and he left me to do it all. I am so mad. :mad:

Thanks, Lisa! :sunny:

Good luck tomorrow, Vicky! :1pound:

Hilary, that totally sounds like something my DH would do! :rolleyes: Fish of Shame for him! :colfish:

Oh! And thanks for the hugs everyone. It was really scary. I'm just so grateful to God that he's ok. Let me tell you that an ambulance ride with one of my kids is something I don't have to endure again for a long, long time! :lol:

I can imagine you wouldn't want to do that again! :eek: I can't even imagine. They'd probably need me in the hospital if I had to take one of mine in an ambulance. I'd have a heart attack. :lol:

Ava took a really long nap, so I mowed the front yard too. After she woke up we played outside for awhile and I got the back yard watered. :rolleyes: I'm doing all of DH's stuff and none of mine. I didn't do anything in the house today, but yesterday I vacuumed the girls rooms, even did the edges, so I guess that's good.

Uggh I finally was able to convince Cass to do some cleaning in her room :faint: she brought out 2 HUGE baskets full of clothes :mad: I did 3 loads last night and it looks like I have 2 more to go:rolleyes: I can't do any cleaning since Tony is sleeping so I might head out with the girls to a second hand store and take a look around, need to pick up a few odds and ends..supper will be hamburgers nothing fancy :)

Well, the weathermen LIED!!!:grr: It was supposed to be "partly cloudy" today, but it is RAINING! It stopped raining earlier, so we dragged all our stuff outside for the tag sale, and DOWN IT CAME! As of right now, it is STILL raining. Grrr....

Oh that's too bad Vicky :(

I am almost caught up on the laundry, I have to wait until dh gets up so I can put it away, I took the girls to the consignment store and bought a few shirts for myself and Cass and I bought some new playdough and cutters for her for $1! she is in heaven :lol:

Ugh I can't wait for dh to wake up so I can vacume( did I just say that? :lol: ) the floors need it bad!

:wavey:

:lol: Lisa!

I love to vacuum now that I have a Dyson. :lol: :blush:

I couldn't wait :lol: it's a central vac so he can't hear it and I only used the floor attachment instead of the beater bar for the living room :) but I'm going to be putting laundry away till next week :eek: it's stacked up almost to the top of the washer from the floor :blush:

:lol: Lisa!

I love to vacuum now that I have a Dyson. :lol: :blush:

I'm DYING for a Dyson!! (Ok. Maybe that was a *bit* of an exaggeration! :lol: ) But, seriously, I'm trying to talk DH into getting one. With 2 kids and 2 cats, it would be perfect! :nod:

UGH! I've had a wicked stressful morning. Short story: Ian fell off the hope chest, bumped his head, fell asleep, couldn't be woken up, called 911, had to go by ambulance to the ER, he was fine, and now we're home and I think I'm going to have a nervous breakdown. :lol:
Oh Theresa! :bighug: That is so scary...and I'm SO GLAD that Ian is ok. :hug99:

:lol: Lisa!

I love to vacuum now that I have a Dyson. :lol: :blush:

Hilary, I'm so glad your here! :hug99:

A big ditto to your Dyson comment. :nod: I don't think I've ever vacummed as much as I did since we got our Dyson. I'm so crazy-sick about this Dyson that what I do, is I clean out the dirt each time I'm done with it so the next time I vac I can see all the dirt and stuff it's picked up. It's amazing how much stuff it picks up that you can't see with your eyes and I vacuum once or twice a week! :lol: We are so thrilled with this purchase....it is SO worth it!

Theresa, if you show your DH all the testimonials just from this board (there's like 2 threads I believe), I'd bet he'd be up for buying one real quick! :)

We got back from my godson's bday party. He turned 4 and it was at a children's museum. It was so much fun! I have to look on-line to see if there's a children's museum around our area. I'm hoping so, cuz it would be great to take the girls on a rainy day. :)

We have a very lame childrens museam here, took Cass when she was younger and vowed never to waste our time going back again :rolleyes:

I have never seen a store here in Canada selling the Dyson :scratch: sounds soooo cool!

I have never seen a store here in Canada selling the Dyson :scratch: sounds soooo cool!
Really? It's so normal around here that they even sell it at home depot (home improvement stores) and target, etc.

I have to take Cass to the dermatologist this morning, dh is going to watch Paige while I'm gone but he'll be :dead: because he worked night shift so I hope it doesn't take long, I'll have to drop her off at school, come back, grab Paige and go to a couple stores to make a return and check into a warranty/guarantee for Paige's jacket, I just bought it last month and the zipper alway's breaks open while she is wearing it :wtf: not much else planned for today, I have to clean both bathrooms though, might do that tonight.

Have a good day everyone :wavey:

Dawn, Thanks for the hugs! I may have to mention the Dyson to DH again. I just wish it wasn't so expensive.

Today I have planned to get the dishes done and a bunch of laundry. Ian has his 18 month check-up this afternoon. Nothing too exciting!

I'm so freakin' tired it's not even funny. While Angelina's virus seems to be gone, she is left with constipation. She was in SO MUCH PAIN last night and I barely got any sleep. :( Out of desperateness, I tried the q-tip thing w/ vaseline, and although it didn't make her go it seemed to help w/ her pain. :dunno:

I will call the Dr. office when they open to see what he says about it and what he wants me to do for it, AND if she has to continue on this soy or can she go back on her regular formula.

James took the day off so I can get sleep. He'll be watching and taking care of the girls while I try to get some R&R. :) He even drove Alexia to preschool for me. I'm not gonna do too much around here today since I"m really tired, and oh yea my allergies are SO BAD! I thought i had a cold, but figured out it's allergies! Not even the Claritin worked! This sucks.

I did manage to take out some porkchops to defrost for dinner tonight. So we'll have porkchops with I don't know what yet. :lol:

Have a great day everyone! :wavey:

Everyone seems to have had such a lousy weak--kids sick, ambulance rides, bathroom cleaning (;) I REALLY hate cleaning the bathroom, so I do think it rates down there enough to be included in this list Lisa!), rainy tag sales--uck! Besides it being rainy yesterday and not getting much business at our tag sale (may try doing it again this coming weekend), I saw something so gross yesterday, I literally felt sick to my stomach. Last week I asked dh where the hedge clippers were cuz I had quickly looked down cellar and in our shed, but didn't see them (thought I'd trim the front hedges while Sam had his nap). Well yesterday, dh asked me:"How thoroughly did you look for the hedge clippers?" I said, "I just did a quick look, but didn't find them anywhere." He said, "Well, I found 'em..." With that he led me out back to our falling-apart shed. He said, "Do you see 'em?" I said, "No." He pointed toward a spot on the ground under a set of shelves, and I said "Oh, yeah, there they are." He said, "But do you see what's on top of them?" I didn't see anything right away because from the angle I was looking the bottom shelf was blocking my view of anything further back. I bent down to look more closely, and I just about fainted! There was a half-decomposed dead cat half laying on top of our hedge clippers!!!!:puke: I had told my dh when I first went looking for the clippers that I thought we may have had mice out in the shed during the winter because I saw some droppings on the top shelf, well now I know where the mice went! I think the cat must have crawled in sometime during the winter, and he probably froze to death. He had to be really motivated to get in considering our entire yard is fenced in and the shed was locked. So, after I get back from storytime later I have to call Animal Control to have them remove the cat. Dh wanted to just take the thing out with a shovel and bury it, and I said "No way! We don't know if it had some kind of disease (rabies) or something--we're not touching it!" So I guess now we're also gonna need new hedge clippers. :disbelief It wouldn't have even been so bad if it were a wild animal, but where this may have been someone's pet....just gives me the total creeps just thinking about it.

Well, I've written enough of a book. Gotta go shower while Sam is snoozin'. Let's all do a little song and a dance wishing us all a good week--maybe the group effort will make a difference!:rahrah: :dancingpi :banana: :dancingpi :banana: :rahrah: YEAAAAAAYYYYYY WEEK!

On tap for today - since it's a rainy gloomy day here:

~ daycare, of course ;)
~ laundry
~ clean upstairs bathroom

I had the weekend all to myself - so I cleaned my main floor... and decided to chill the rest of the weekend :) Felt great.

Ewwwwww Vicky! :dead: I'm not sure if our animal control would come out to get rid of it :scratch: I sure as heck wouldn't want that thing burried on my property..no way lol!

Ok i'm off to start my many pit stops of the day :rolleyes: :wavey:

:lol: at your little dance Vicky!! I'll add my own: :banana: :dancingpi :rahrah: Sorry about the cat, though! :dead: I think I would have been sick, too!

Poor kitty - but poor Vicky too! That would have seriously squeamed me out.

Not much happening today - I took Caroline to preschool and I went to the gym. I have to empty the dishwasher, and do a load of laundry.

K, gals. My mother the clean freak is coming on Friday, so my house needs an overhaul. I'm only allowing myself 15 minutes of computer time a day this week, so if you see me here, time me and boot me outta here after 15 minutes!! I need to tackle my laundry pile, dust, vacuum, sweep, mop, change the sheets on the sleeper sofa, make a grocery list for this weekend, mail some ebay packages and do some general straightening up before Thursday night (not to mention schooling Kaleb, nursing Owen, making meals and doing dishes :dead: )

Ah, I slept a couple hours today and feel so much better. I really needed that. :)

All I did today besides washing dishes was prime the crown molding for the basement. I'll do a 2nd prime coat later and then we'll paint it white.
I also signed up Alexia for gymnastics. We looked at a couple ones last week, and we liked this one better. For one, they are building an entire new facility that's bigger and better, only a couple min. away from where they are now. That will be ready at the end of June. Her class starts this week! Can't wait.

Vicky - sorry you didn't do well with the tag sale (here we say garage sale :lol: ) over the weekend. Hopefully this coming weekend will be nice and sunny! And, "EW!" about the cat! :dead: So were you able to get them to come down to take it away?? :errr:

:dead: Yuck! I'm sorry about the cat, Vicky! That is gross!!

Shel, My parents and grandma are coming this weekend and I need to be cleaning too. I've been here all day though! :blush: I need to back away from the computer and get some cleaning done!

Congratulations on your Graduation, Hilary! :party3: :clap:

Well, I called the Health Department today, and I got a very uncooperative woman on the phone who told me that Animal Control only deals with LIVE animals in my yard, and that we would have to put it in a trash bag and put it out with our trash to be picked up. Yuck! I said, "But how do I know what this thing died of? I don't really want our family exposed to some disease!" And she said, "I don't know--we don't have any labs or anything. Maybe you could call a private company if you're that worried about it, but they'll probably tell you to put it in a trash bag, too, and I don't even know who you could call." :furious: I just love how if I'd found a dead crow in the shed, everybody and their grandmother would be here within minutes to test it for West Nile Virus, but instead I have a cat that may have EATEN the crow with West Nile Virus, and we have to use a shovel and put him out in our trash. :disbelief Well, I don't bow out of too many chores, but this is one dh is gonna have to do cuz just the thought makes me wanna hurl.

Other than that, the day went okay. Went to storytime (last session for the season is next week), my bil is visiting so talked with him some, did laundry, made dinner--the usual. Hope you all had a great day!!

I'm the first to post this morning--hurray! :sunny:

Not really sure what's on the agenda for today. Dishes and laundry always make the list, but not sure beyond that. I have an interview tomorrow for a substitute position at a nearby library, so I should probably try my suit on and make sure it still fits (:crossfing ) and I may go to Filenes to find a brooch for it (got some Filenes gift cards for my b-day back in March, so it will be fun to spend them!). Have a great day, Ladies!

Good luck tommorow Vicky :crossfing:

I really want to go out today but don't know where to go... I don't have any $$ :( and I don't want to go to the drop in play centre, we're going tommorow...it's so bloody cold out this morning, -4!! so taking Paige to the park is out, maybe I'll drive down to the library :dunno: I have to go to work tonight :down: I really should be cleaning, especially the laundry room, soo much crap in there even dh noticed it looks messy :rolleyes:

Have a great day everyone :wavey:

Today we're going to storytime and lunch with our friends. Then I have to fold up a TON of laundry :rolleyes: and figure out a menu for my parents coming out this weekend.

Oh yuck Vicky, too bad they couldn't take the cat. Good luck to your DH when he gets rid of it. :dead: Good luck tomorrow, Vicky.

Today is running around errand day. Gotta go to the library to have something notarized, go to the food store, post office and hopefully the mall. Oh and I also need to sign something for gymnastics. Alexia starts this Thurs.! :)

I have to figure out what to make for dinner tonight. There would of been leftovers but James and I ate a 2nd dinner while watching our show. :blush1:

Angelina is so much better!!! :yippee: She's off the soy as of yesterday and is on her regular formula. She never woke up last night! She got up this morning at 6 am, i fed her and it's 9:20 and she's still sleeping!!!! She is so, so much happier!!! She's just a little constipated now, so we have to give her apple juice twice a day (2 oz. water/2 oz. juice) so hopefully today she'll do a normal BM. :)

Today or sometime this week I want to go in BBB or Linens and things. I need to find a new comforter set for our bed. We've held on long enough just using misc. stuff and i told james when we buy our house i'm gonna buy us a nice one. Well, a while back i saw one that i loved at target. i went back there and of course they got all new stuff out. So i'm hoping since BBB or the other store has more selection that i'll find something i like. :)

Lisa, it was freezing cold here too this morn (not -4, but cold!). James had to scrape ice off his windshield this morn. I was like wtf??? This weather is crazy!!!!

Have a great day everyone!!!

So glad Angelina is better! :banana:

Not much going on today. I had Bible study this morning. I've got a bunch of laundry to fold and put away. I'm hoping it won't rain so I can take the kids outside for a while. DH isn't going to be home, so maybe I'll just do McD's for dinner. :blush:

-4!! :eek:

I had a dr's appointment this morning. I have another freaking ear infection! :tearhair: This is my 3rd one since December when I perforated my ear drum, so he's sending me back to the ENT dr. :disbelief I cannot believe this. I haven't had this many since I was a kid.

I had to go to the bookstore at school too, because they forgot to give me a tassle for graduation. That wasn't a problem.

I got home and had a letter in the mail that my license plates were in at the car dealer, so I got some things ready to mail and went to the post office, the car dealer, and Walgreens to get my prescription.

I have my last final tonight and I need to study while Ava's napping today.

Tomorrow I think I'm watching 3 girls from the babysitting co-op and Thursday my family gets here, so I need to start cleaning too. :lol: What am I doing on here??

It was 29 here this morning. Tied the record low. Yuck. It's supposed to be 78 here Sunday! :woo: Come on weekend!

I have been busy! Last night and today I dusted downstairs, including moving everything off and dusting where it was....TV, computer, books etc. Then I had to vacuum. Today I've been cleaning out Riley's toy boxes upstairs and down, tossing a some and putting away the toddler toys for Owen and then dragging out the rest Riley got for Christmas that were still in boxes for lack of room.

Tomorrow's big projects are cleaning out the fridge (It seriously needs a scubbing) and washing sheets on the sleeper sofa for my mom, all the while doing laundry

Thanks Theresa. :)

Today the girls and I were out most of the day running a ton of errands. Went to Target, the library, food shopping, and the post office.

At home, besides doing dishes, I wrote out some bills.

Alexia has preschool tomorrow and it's Tea with Mom day. Last month they had Donuts with Dad day. So she's excited that me and her lil' sister will be there for 45 min. :)

Tomorrow I want to do alot of things around the house!!! DOn't really have a list yet...guess I'll just dive into it tomorrow!

Hey, Ladies!

Well, today I have my interview for that sub position at 10:30 so dh is taking the morning off from work so he can watch Sam (he's sleeping in for a little while until I need to get ready). Beyond that, I have no real plans for today except maybe a nap. Sam actually woke up at 3:00 last night for a feed which he hasn't done in a couple of months now (dh and I both got up to see what was going on since it is so unusual). I mistakenly figured he'd then sleep longer this morning--wrong!--up at 6:45. :sleeping: At least it's nothing like you've been going through lately, Dawn!

Well, I guess that's about it. OH--Theresa--did you ever find out about your dh's job interview? Okay, now I really gotta run--Sam's starting to fuss. Take care!

Alexia has preschool tomorrow and it's Tea with Mom day. Last month they had Donuts with Dad day. So she's excited that me and her lil' sister will be there for 45 min.

OMG that is just soooo sweet! what a great idea :) I'm so glad Angelina is felling better :)

Good Luck Vicky!! :crossfing:

Again another boring day, I am planning on taking Paige to the playcenter but I also have to go to the library today and since they are close together I have to wait until after 1pm when the library opens to go out, I also want to hunt down some consignment stores to find a floor attachment for the central vac, the piece brand new is about $15 :wtf: and I could probably buy a whole new vac for that used :lol:
I think I might stop off at a coffee shop and sit down with Paige ( I really like that tea with mom idea Dawn :) ) I've never done that with her, we'll sit and hopefully she will behave and we can do it again :)

have a great day everyone :wavey:

Good luck today Vicki :crossfing:

Good luck today, Vicky!!!

Lisa, yea it really is nice how her school does things like that. For the Donuts w/ Dad day, they worked on making a donut out of construction paper and glue, etc. and Dad had to rsvp. Same with this....for Tea w/ Mom day they made a teapot w/ an rsvp on it that we had to send back to state whether we were going or not. Gosh, I'm really gonna miss this school!!! :bawl: I'm sure most of you know that come Sept. Alexia will NOT be continuing w/ this school. Because we moved, we're like 40-50 min. away from it!!!! That's way too far for two 1/2 days a week. We're sticking it out now cuz she only has another month. Now we're just gonna get ready for their Family Spring Picnic in 1 1/2 weeks!!
I hope your 'tea w/ mom day' goes good with Paige today, Lisa. :) Oh, and her class even helped to make us cinnamon sticks to go with the tea (which, btw was served on real china! ;) ) I was impressed!

There's so much things I wanna do, now that we're home and I don't know where to start. I hate when that happens. :lol:

OH--Theresa--did you ever find out about your dh's job interview? Okay, now I really gotta run--Sam's starting to fuss. Take care!
Thanks so much for asking! :hug99: He didn't get the job. :( But that's ok. It's spurred him into getting his Microsoft certifications. He knows the stuff; he just doesn't have the papers that say he knows what he does. That will open a lot of doors for him career-wise and will hopefully mean more money! :) Good luck with your job! :1pound:

Dawn, That Tea with Mom sounds so fun! I can't wait to hear all about it! :)

Well, I actually feel like I had a productive day today. :yippee: I got 4 loads of laundry folded and put away, all the dishes either washed or put in the dishwasher, my cross stitch washed, the garbage taken out to the street (tomorrow is pick up day), and the living room cleaned and vacuumed. My mom even came over for lunch. That was fun! :) Tonight is church, so I'm just hanging out until I have to make dinner. I think mac 'n cheese is in order tonight!

This morning was the Mother's Day program at preschool - cutest stinkin' thing ever... They sang us some songs ("I Love Mommy" to the tune of "Frere Jacques" and a few others), then we got to have snack with the kids - fruit, muffins, iced tea, mini cookies, pretzels and M&Ms! :lol: ) on special placemats they made for us. They gave us our gifts just before we left; fun-foam magnetic picture frames with a recent picture of them doing their favorite things at school. And I got a bunch of pictures of Caroline with her friends, including the much-vaunted "boyfriend" Wyatte! :biggrin:

Dawn, That Tea with Mom sounds so fun! I can't wait to hear all about it! :)

Yea, it was really nice! :) They spread out tiny tables throughout the class (her class only has 5 kids), each having a vase with some fresh flowers in it and a wrapped gift for the moms where we sat. It was a cookbook....compiled of recipes given by parents, teachers, etc. in her school. Too cool! :up:

Sorry your DH didn't get the job, Theresa. Certifications, I know, are so important. James had to keep up with his certs (all different kinds) for welding. He's a master at doing it, but it don't mean nothing if you don't have the cert papers.

Now we just have the Family Spring Picnic they have 2 sundays from now and a few days after that a Spring show that they perform with singing songs, etc. Gotta take my video cam for that!

Anne, sounds like you had a nice day too! :up: What a nice gift! :)

Both those Mother's day things sound very nice! :)

What wonderful Mother's Day activities for you all! So glad you all had such a wonderful time with your kids!

And thanks to all for the good wishes on my interview. It was at 10:30, and at 2:30 I got an email telling me to make an appointment with the office manager to fill out all the paperwork cuz I'M HIRED!!! Yeay!!! That will help out so much--definitely on a financial level, but it will also make me feel like I have one foot back in the working world while still being able to be home with Sam. I AM SO HAPPY!!!:sunny:

Other than that, I took a 20 minute nap (not all that rejuvenating, but better than nothing) and went to Babies R Us to get formula (and of course I found a couple outfits on clearance that I just had to get for Sam ;) ). Dh is on his way home, so will be getting dinner together fairly soon, and should probably do some misc. housework before going to bed.

Oh, and Theresa, so sorry to hear the crummy news about how your dh didn't get the job--IT jobs are really hard to get. After dh got laid off a couple years ago from his Systems Engineer job he had to work in sales at a retail store, and then as a computer tech in a different retail chain before finally landing his current job back in September (and that job started out as a temp position). He spent time getting his CCNA, A+, and MCP (not quite the MCSE--passed a few of the tests, but didn't get around to taking them all). If you'd like the name of the IT temp agency he used, they were really great at getting him back in the corporate world, and I'd be happy to pass along the info. PM me if you'd like the contact info.

Well, dh is home, so I'm gonna run and give him a big hug and a kiss! Take care, and talk to you tomorrow!

Congratulations Vicky!! :rahrah:

I hope your 'tea w/ mom day' goes good with Paige today, Lisa.

:blush: didn't make it today afterall, ran out of time and she was being a PITA( royally!) after we left the play center, maybe while we're out tomorrow.

I'm rightnow looking around at my house..dinged baseboards,chipped paint, tooth marks on the wall( I kid you not, Paige chewed chunks out of our drywall! :eek: ) Cass's bday is in a month and I am planning on having it here as opposed to a restaurant so I need to get things ship shape/cleaned ..I havn't been over to Organized Home in a while but they have an awesome cleaning plan, I think I'll start tomorrow :bolt:

right now I have a load of laundry in the wash, one more and I'll be done for the day, I cleaned the sinks and tubs but need to get the mirrors/toilets cleaned :dead: I'll do the floors tomorrow..

:wavey:

Congrats, Vicky! :yippee:

I cleaned the bathroom today, cleaned the kitchen incl. sweeping the floor, did 2 or 3 loads of laundry, incl. all the sheets, and straightened up/picked up all the other rooms.

Tomorrow Alexia starts her gymnastics class! We're so excited! :yippee: That's at 11:10-11:55 am. My main/big goals for tomorrow and Friday are:

~filing/making new files (big project!!!)
~put all of Angelina's clothes that she can wear from Alexia in her drawers (I washed them all today & yesterday)
~ Vacuum the upstairs
~Write out a couple more checks
~Fill out and mail form (for # of pple going)for Lexie's upcoming family spring picnic
~Make a return at Target
~ Make a return at TRU
~ Go thru winter clothes and pack them away (I actually need more of those big storage totes.)
I will add to the list as I think of more big/important things I need to do.

James was recently put on a job and they are working seven 10's!!! The good part is the money, but the bad part is that he'll be working sat & sun too, for the 10 hrs. as well. :( And next week it will possibly be seven 12's!! Yikes!! We're so use to him being home on the weekends. Too bad he won't be home for mother's day. :blue: Well, he'll be home around 6:30 pm, but still. Whatever I don't get done Thurs & Fri. it'll overflow to Sat. Sun I plan on taking it easy...maybe even possibly taking the girls to my mom's house since James won't be home.

Congratulations, Vicky! :banana: I'll ask DH if he's interested and let you know! Thanks! :)

:hug99: Sorry Dawn! DH works 7 12's all of the time, so I'm used to it, but I know how much it sucks! :hug99:

Congratulations, Vicky!!

Well, I did a bunch today!

Madelynn went and played with friend and I got to hang out with my friend while they played. She was babysitting the sweetest little baby and I held her almost the whole time. :blush: Have to get some baby in somewhere. :lol: She was a petite little thing. Got home and cleaned the girls rooms and vacuumed, cleaned the kitchen, cleaned the bathroom, ran and got milk at the store, and did some more laundry. As soon as the dishwasher is done I need to clean the carpets since my family will be here tomorrow afternoon!

Ugggh Dawn I feel your pain.. dh works 12 hr shifts but is on 3 off 2( well he rarely takes the time off :rolleyes: ) it was so hard on me after having Paige, I even remember calling him at work crying :bighug: last night he told me that the weekend of Cass's bday he's on steady night shift( no days off or switching to day's??!) because someone is going on vacation :dead:

Ok the sun is finally shining today :sunny: :yippee: but it's still cold :down: I have to do a bit of shopping, nothing big ...also going to call some friends and invite to Cass's bday party,hopefully the saturday before Fathers day is ok for everyone :crossfing:

today I'm washing floors and making lists for the party and I need some ideas on what to get Cass for her bday :tearhair: you all should have heard the yelling and screaming going on here last night with her and Tony :disbelief: the footnotes of the argument are that she will DIE without a cell phone :rolleyes: I had to leave the room, no amount of yelling for them both to shut up worked :mad:

Ok sorry, off on a rant there :lol:

Have a great day everyone :wavey:

Mental note..get mothers day/grandmother card :tearhair:

I have to go to the post office today, and I have to start doing some grocery shopping for my parents coming out for dinner this Saturday (nothing fancy, just hamburgers/hot dogs on the grill, etc.)

Lisa, sorry to hear about Cassie's *issues* - James and I have always said nobody in our house under the age of 18 will be getting a cellphone!

Thanks, Ladies! I'm still pretty excited (and a little nervous, too!).

Dawn so sorry to hear about all the time James will be away--that really stinks. It's hard work for him, but it will also be hard on you not getting a break from being "mommy" for a while.

Theresa, just lemme know--be happy to pass the info along. They also do placements for temp-to-hire positions.

Hilary, great job on all that stuff you got done--making me tired just thinking about it!

Oh, Lisa--sorry to hear about the whole cell phone issue. I can remember how many HOURS I spent on the phone when I was a teen, so I can imagine your dh's hesitancy in getting her one. Hope it all works out and she has a Happy Birthday!

Anne, hope you have a nice time with your parents this weekend!

Today is lots of laundry and picking up. We have a playdate this afternoon, so that will be fun. Not sure what else is on the agenda--feeling kinda lazy today. Alrighty, well I don't want to miss my big chance to take a shower while Sam is snoozin! Take care, everyone!

Lisa, :hug99: I'm SO not looking forward to having teenagers!

I'm not planning on getting much done today. I went to my mom's this morning and MIL is going to take the kids this afternoon and I'm going to do some running around. I think I'll treat myself and get something from Starbuck's! :lick:

Thanks ladies :)I just don't know what to do about her, I asked her a million times to clean her room and I went in there to get the scissors and it looks exactly the same :tearhair: my daughter is a slob!! and it drives me insane :tearhair: I digress :blush:

today I did a little shopping, a few odds and ends then I took Paige to the coffee shop, it was short lived :lol: I got her a sprinkle donut and she only ate the sprinkles :lol: I didn't even make it half way through my small coffee and she was already getting antsy, but I stuck it out until I was finished my coffee then we left to come home where I have been doing nothing :blush: I need to find a paint brush and paint these drawers on the computer desk, Paige drew all over them with pen :rolleyes: and it won't come off so I need to give it a couple coats of paint to (hopefully) cover it.

well I'm off to start some dinner, I missed lunch and I'm starving!

:wavey:

Lisa, did you try the Magic eraser on the pen marks? It's gotten pen out for us.

Yea, speaking of dinner...let me go and figure out what to do with these chicken cutlets for dinner. :lol:

Yep I tried the sponge, but it's "virgin" wood and it didn't work at all,didn't even lighten it :disbelief I can't find a brush and don't want to go out again, hopefully dh will call from work and I can tell him to bring one home.

Yep I tried the sponge, but it's "virgin" wood

Wow. I read this statement before reading back and all I saw was sponge, virigin and wood and couldn't figure out what the heck I had missed :lol:

Okay, house is clean, laundry is almost done. Bring on my clean freak mommy :lol:

:spit: LOL Shel :lol: and Yay for being done cleaning :rahrah:

Just finished prepping dinner for tomorrow, Tony just called and said there is a brush in the garage, wish me luck, it's a disaster zone out there!

Wow. I read this statement before reading back and all I saw was sponge, virigin and wood and couldn't figure out what the heck I had missed :lol:
:lol:

Gymnastics went well! :up: She really loves it and I think she's going to do very well there! :nod: It was so cool to be able to watch her as well.

Dinner's in the oven cooking and I just gotta get some veggies started. Did a ton of laundry today (still doing it actually) and other misc. stuff.

So glad Alexia liked the gymnastic's class :up: I think I'm going to pick up a city recreation book and see if there might be somethink like that I can enrol Paige into :)

Today I have to work :dead: not looking forward to it at all, I hate going to this house, they are soooooooo loaded every week I go there they bought something new/expensive like a brand new mustang :rolleyes: yet they bitched about me asking for a raise after 5 yrs? :mad: I digress :lol: after work I go and get my eyebrows waxed then when I get home,Tony is going to buy the wood for the posts for the fence :yippee: so then we can call the post hole diggers :yippee:
not much else on the agenda, I have to search for a lost library book but I think I might have tossed it in the recycle by mistake yesterday while I was distracted by the call before you dig guy who showed up :duh: and the recycle has been picked up :tearhair: damn!

well, gotta go, have a wonderful day everyone :wavey:

Oh my...I have been slacking here again.

I have had such a productive morning already! We had an impromptu Cinqo De Mayo party last night, so I got up early to finish cleaning my kitchen from that. I have also managed to make my bed, feed my child, and do some more laundry (does anyone else feel that ALL they do is laundry??!!). At 9:30 we are heading up to Sears to get Jackson's 18 month pictures done. Hopefully the rain holds off and we can go to the park or something after that. I want to tire Jackson out so I get a long nap out of him. I started cleaning out my closet last weekend, and I want to finish it once and for all during naptime today. The chaos is driving me crazy at the moment.

At some point today I need to go get some milk too! Fun stuff!

Hope everyone has a good day...TGIF!!!!

Since I didn't ever fill this out earlier:


1) What is your name and family stats? (babies names, ages, etc...)
Me (Cortney), DH (Josh), and 2 daughters: Morgan age 3 and Raelyn 4 months
2) How long have you been a SAHM? I was for 9 months after Morgan was born and then I went back to school for a year and a half- since then I've been a SAHM
2a) If your a WAHM for how long and what do you do? I'm going to be watching my nephew at my house this summer
3) What did you do before this wonderful new job? school and worked as an estimator at a residential construction co.
4) What does DH/SO do? currently he runs a motorcycle dealership
5) What are your priorities for each day? Where do you feel you need the most help with motivation in getting things done each day? my main priority is to spend as much time with the girls as I can everyday (and still keep the house clean!)
6) What do you hope to get out of this journal? just general support!

So, Cort, are you actually going to post in here once in awhile??? :tongue2:

This morning I need to put the clean sheets back on the sleeper sofa, sweep my kitchen, hit the store with a brief list for this weekend, go to Panera to buy my mom bagels or breakfast cuz she loves em so much :) and then take the rest of the day to spend with my mom. Tonight is Spa Night, tomorrow is shopping :woo:

Happy Mothers Day all!

:welcome: Cortney!

I'm just picking up the house today. I'm going to be taking Ellie to Providence (about 1.5 hours away) tomorrow and my mom is coming to stay with Ian. I just want to make sure things are in order for her. Nothing to intense! :)

Happy Mother's Day, Everyone! :ylflower:

I'm just picking up the house today. Nothing to intense! :)

Same here! :nod: Unfortunately, I need to run out with the girls to the food store after Alexia wakes from her nap. She's totally out of pull ups!! So she's napping with Angelina's size 2 diaper on. :blush1: I thought there were extras in the diaper bag, but there's none in there!!!! I'm also going through the toys that are up in the girls' rooms (we still have alot of the toys, etc. packed that needs to be unpacked) and sorting out what will go to Angelina when she gets a little older and organizing things up there. James is working this weekend :bawl: (10 hrs. for 7 days a week this week, but next week it changes to seven 12's!!! :blue: ) So I don't want to do much here on the weekend so I'm just going to straighten up things, etc. :)

Have a happy mother's day everyone! :flower:

Welcome Cortney!!! :wavey:

Welcome Bretta! Glad your joining us too! :)

:wavey: Bretta and Cortney :)


Kind of busy day today, have to go to the library...I did throw the book in the recycle so hopefully they won't kill me with a fine :crossfing: the book was only worth $5..we'll see... then I'm taking Paige to the play centre, they are having a mothers day party all morning, so probably crafts which Paige won't do, she just loves to play :) then I have to drive to the mountain to give some blood, havn't given blood in ages! I used to give Plattetes but there is only one location to do it at and it's not convenient and I would have to get re tested etc... they called me the other day, desperate for O- blood so I'll do it.. then after that I'm meeting up with a friend at the Pier today, hopefully the rain will hold off :crossfing: I have some stale bread to feed the ducks with, then it's back home to clean :dead: I might pick up a movie, not sure yet, we got all the posts needed for the backyard fence last night :yippee: we just have to call the post hole diggers on monday and hopefully they can come soon .. I can't wait to have a fence! :yippee:

Ok I'm rambling, obviously I need more coffee lol

Have a great day everyone! :wavey:

What kind of fence are you getting, Lisa? We have a chain link fence all around the yard, but we're wanting to get something higher and for more privacy too. :) If not this year, then definitely next season.

Well, I'm so happy cuz James will be home tomorrow for Mother's Day! :yippee: All the guys didn't want to work on Mother's Day so they gave them off! He's off today too, cuz it's raining! :up: But starting Monday though they're doing seven 12's!!! No days off (unless it rains) and working 12 hrs. each day! I don't know how long this job will be like this for (I'm glad it's not forever, it just so happens to be this particular job he's on).

So to take advantage, James is finishing up some minor stuff in the basement like hooking up the surround sound wires, and to put the crown molding up. If he don't do it today lord knows the next time he'll get a chance to do it since he'll be working alot. Then maybe, just maybe we'll be able to have carpet put in soon so we can FINALLY utilize that space!!!

I'm gonna spend alot of time with the girls with some organizing and cleaning up here and there too.

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend! :wavey:

and do some more laundry (does anyone else feel that ALL they do is laundry??!!).
Michele, YES....I'm ALWAYS doing laundry!!!! Between the girls' clothes and James' work clothes it's never ending!!!

With all the crap going on with Allen's job (or lack there of :rolleyes: ) I don't really want to spend Mother's Day with his Mom :blush: (normally I love the woman to death too) I just cant bear the though of listening to her gripe about Allen getting a job for another day. Fro crying out loud Rome wasn't built in a day either so how should he really have a new job in 2.5 weeks. :scratch: (sorry bout that vent :blush: )
:bighug: Hey, nothing wrong with that...totally understandable about you not wanting to spend it with her. Either way, hope you get to have a peaceful mother's day without MIL griping!

I don't blame you either Bretta! I wouldn't want to listen to that, and it certainly doesn't help anything so why should you?

I am glad I am not alone in the laundry thing...although not glad that you guys are even more swamped than I am. If I do so much laundry with only 3 of us, I don't know how you manage with 4 or 5! The sad thing is my husband wears suits to work every day except Friday, and they go to the dry cleaner...so I don't even understand why I have so much to do!

Anyway...pictures yesterday were a disaster! Poor Jackson just cried and cried while we were there. We took more than 1/2 an hour and didn't get one good picture out of it. I am thinking of taking him back sometime on the weekend, with Scott there...maybe the two of us together can get him to smile.

Today...not much going on. Jackson had swimming this morning, then we went to the grocery store and now he is napping. We are going to my friend Jill's house for dinner tonight - Jackson is staying home with a babysitter! All I need to do is make the dessert I said I would bring. I am doing Weight Watchers, so I am making WW-friendly Strawberry Napoleons...they look good...it is layers of phyllo dough, strawberries, and a creamy mixture made from cool whip, and low fat cream cheese. I can't wait to try them!

Tomorrow, my Dad is taking us out to lunch at this really good Seafood restaurant near the beach...then we are making my Mom dinner for Mother's day. Scott already said that I get to sleep in and he'll make me breakfast. I printed out a WW recipe for breakfast quesadillas that I very subtlely left in the kitchen where he will see it...so I am hoping he'll make those!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Mother's Day!!!

:welcome: Bretta! :)

:ylflower: Happy Mother's Day, Everyone!! :ylflower:

:wavey: I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day :flowers:

I had a great time yesteday, went out for brunch with my mom and sister( was given major guilt from bil trip about not taking the kids :rolleyes: ) came back and we drove out to a Mennonite city, browsed some stores bought some yummy candy, found Flaky chocolate bars and stocked up :woo: :lol: doesn't take much to make me happy lol came home, had yummy scallop scampi, some wine and strawberry shortcake and I didn't have to wash a single dish..course today is another story lol

I have a ton of laundry to do and the bathrooms are both in desprate need of a scrub :dead: Tony is on nights today so I'll wait to do most of my cleaning after he leaves .. also have a few odds and ends to pick up today oh and finish paintiong those cabinets, the paint wasn't covering the ink :duh: so we have to sand the wood down and hopefully that will work :crossfing:

Have a great day everyone :wavey:

Sorry Dawn I didn't see this sooner

What kind of fence are you getting, Lisa? We have a chain link fence all around the yard, but we're wanting to get something higher and for more privacy too. :) If not this year, then definitely next season.


We're building a wood fence, I am so shocked at the cost :faint: this reminds me we have to call the post hole guys to book an appointment and then go over to our neighbour and tell him to move his patio stones and mini garden off our property :rolleyes: should be fun...he approached us when we moved in that he would move it himself when ever we were ready to build the fence, well then giddy up :lol:

Mother's Day was pretty underwhelming here, James slept in and then spent the day on the couch watching whatever he wanted on TV while I took Caroline to Target with me, I played outside with her all day, etc. Caroline was a complete pill too - we're having serious power struggles here.

Today I'm going to the gym while Caroline goes to school, I have to schedule a pediatrician appointment, and I'm going to make dinner and dessert for my friend next door who just had a baby on Thursday!

I hear ya, Anne--dh remembered it was Mother's Day, but didn't really "get" the significance of the fact that it was MY FIRST Mother's Day, so he didn't plan anything. He ended up taking care of Sam a lot, and spending most of the day trying to make up for the fact that he didn't plan anything in advance. He got us takeout from Outback and got me some roses. That was all really nice and I appreciate it, but I told him it would have been nice if he'd made a little bigger deal out of it....oh, well. I'm sure next year will be different. By the end of the day I felt like he had really tried to make up for not doing any advance planning, and that was really all I could ask for.

Lisa, I saw your thread about how your bil made you feel guilty--WHAT A JERK! He was just po'ed that he had to watch the kids for a change, I'm sure. He should never have made any of you feel bad on the one day you should truly be APPRECIATED for all that you do. I hope he didn't spend the rest of the day making your sister feel bad.

Anyways, today is the last storytime until Fall, so we'll be going to that. I haven't hung out with any of the other moms outside of storytime, but since I don't know many people in town (only moved here a year ago and most of the friends I made don't have kids and live in other towns), I was thinking of putting together an email list of the storytime moms so we could contact each other over the summer if we wanted to get together with the babies. If you were one of the other moms, would that seem strange or too forward to you?

Then, this afternoon, dh is taking a few hours off from work to watch Sam so I can go to my new job to fill out paperwork and get a tour of the building. I start my training Thursday night--eek! Kinda nervous about the whole thing, but I think it will be good for me, too.

Alrighty, well gotta shower while Sam is taking his morning nap. Take care, and have a nice day, everyone!

I'm sorry for all of you whose DH's didn't GET Mother's Day! My DH actually did ok. He arranged for his mom to take the kids and he took me out to dinner and gave me a gift card to Aveda! I love that store, but never buy stuff there because it's SO expensive. Now, I can go get myself a couple nice things and not feel guilty! :aok:

I'm so upset right now! If you read my journal, you know that I got a check from our homeowner's insurance last week for what I thought was an overpayment. The check was for almost $400. I thought, "Wow! Money we weren't expecting! Cool!" I actually already spent a good chunk of it. Well, I get a call from our insurance agent that it was a mistake on the part of the insurance company and that we OWE them that money plus $11 more!! :eek: We have so many bills to pay right now and it makes me sick to think of another $400 for THEIR mistake! :bawl: I don't know what we'll do. I guess we'll just have to pay it. :mope:

Anyway, not much planned for today. We had such a crazy weekend that we're just laying low. I have to go to the grocery store later and return some cans and get the stuff to make a chocolate cream pie for my mother's birthday tomorrow. Hope you all have a great day!

You want laundry problems, come here and do laundry for SIX, one of whom is 5 months old and one an almost teenager who changes clothes 40 times a day :rolleyes:

And that's my big project for today. Laundry :( Owen's getting pictures taken at 12:20, and Kaleb has to go to band at 1:15. I really hope pictures are on time or Kaleb might be late as David took his truck in to have some work done, and I doubt it will be ready on time!

WOW Shel! I definitely shouldn't be complaining...I can't even imagine what it would be like to do laundry for six! I now feel guilty for being one of those teenagers that went through a million outfits a day.

Anyway...I had a good Mother's Day...a relaxing laid back day for the most part. Scott and I had already decided no gifts as we are desperately trying to save money. But...I got to sleep in, have breakfast made for me, and a card made by Jackson. My Dad took us out to lunch for at one of my favorite restaurants, and we had a cookout at my Mom's for dinner. The celebration actually started on Friday, when Scott stayed home with Jackson so I could go out for margaritas with my friends from high school, then on Saturday Scott took Jackson to swimming lessons by himself, giving me 45 minutes of alone time! It was a nice weekend overall!

Today on the other hand has been boring! I had trouble getting motivated this morning so Jackson and I just hung around the house until almost 11:00. I really have nothing to do, so I decided to head up to the bank b/c I have some Bermudian money that I found when cleaning out my desk and wanted to get it changed into USD. When I got outside and realized that is was 43 degrees, rainy, and windy (yes in MAY :rolleyes: ) I decided to take the car instead of walking. We got to the bank and they don't change less than the equivalent to $100 USD...I had $85...so I was out of luck...I need to go to the airport to do it. At that point we were already out in the car, so I decided to go to the Mall to let Jackson run around and have lunch. He played in the indoor play area for a while, then I got him a piece of pizza for lunch. We are now home, he is napping, and I am on here procrastinating.

I really do need to get some laundry done this afternoon, and my living room could use some dusting...but I think that is all I can bring myself to do today.

Hey everyone! :wavey:

Lisa, I hear ya...fencing is not cheap that's for sure. We're uncertain whether to get a wooden one (not a stockade one though...another kind) or the maintenance free white ones. The latter is more money and we're thinking if we should even go that route if we're only gonna stay here for 5 yrs.

Anne, what a wonderful friend you are for making dinner & dessert for your neighbor! :)

Vicky, it all depends....if you had a friendly relationship with them all and spoke alot, I don't think it's too forward. BUt if it was just a hello all the time and that's it, then for me I'm not quite sure. I was friendly (talking to all the time, etc) to 3 of the mother's in our storytime and had they done that to me I would love the idea.

Theresa, that sucks big time!!!! I'm so sorry. :blue:

Bretta, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for your DH! :crossfing: Good luck!

Michele, I totally know what ya mean...there are some days where I feel so unmotivated to do ANYTHING!!

Shel, yikes...laundry for 6 pple!! I totally understand as I grew up in a house with 6 pple. Although when we got to be a certain age, my mom taught us to do our own laundry.

Well, today Alexia has preschool and Angelina and I stuck around close by...doing more shopping. (Her school is currently about 40-45 min. away one way because we moved. We're having her stick it out until June since we LOOOOVE her school so much. So on Mon & Wed when she has school we just stick around and...well, shop! :lol: It's totally not worth it to go home, when she has to get picked up soon! She goes for 2 1/2 hrs.).

Both the girls are napping! :woo: And when they get up we're gonna head out to Sam's Club to pick up a few things. Maybe we'll swing by the park since it's so nice out. :)

My mother's day was nice. Got to sleep in...ah, heavenly! Then he took us out to lunch and I got 2 cards from him and 1 from the girls. He also got me a shaver, yes a shaver... :lol: I've actually had my eye on it and I guess he remembered so he thought to give it to me for mother's day. :lol: I can't wait to try it out...it's electric and you can use it in the shower too! :up:

Ditto. I do laundry for 6. Including a 6 month old. And Dh who changes 5 times a day. Yes 5. Once in the morning for clothes to wear to work, his Army camo BDU's at work, Pt's (workout clothes) at work, back into his clothes to come home, into lounging clothes once he gets home, then pjs. If he mows the lawn or works on the car or in the garage throw another outfit in there. So I feel ya. It's like never ending laundry around here.


My day consists of...you guessed it, laundry. I am doing a favor for a friend and watching her 18 month old while she goes to work for 3 hours. I have a huge stack of papers to go through and I want to get to the kids rooms sometime today. If I'm lucky I can move on to the extra bedroom with it's mountain of resale clothes to either take to the store or sell on here or ebay.

I'm still really sore from my quad accident. I decided to take my cast off my hand since I couldn't get a thing done with it on. My fractured sternum hurts whenever I lift anything, laugh, cough or just breathe.
So I'm movin' slow.

Oh yikes Jen! I remember reading in another thread somewhere saying you got hurt on your quad...but didn't realize you had a broken sternum! Ouch! You must be a sore thing! :blue: How long before you make a recovery? Please feel better soon :bighug: Did you also pull some ligaments in your hand too?

Oh yikes Jen! I remember reading in another thread somewhere saying you got hurt on your quad...but didn't realize you had a broken sternum! Ouch! You must be a sore thing! :blue: How long before you make a recovery? Please feel better soon :bighug: Did you also pull some ligaments in your hand too?
Dawn,
I dislocated my thumb and sprained my wrist. I also chipped a bone in my knee and am all bruised up on my knees and hips. I also fractured my sternum, which is like broken ribs where they can't do much for you besides immobilize you. They wanted to cast my left hand and put my right hand in a sling. Completely IMPOSSIBLE with 4 kids. So instead I had a funky brace on my left hand and I'm on vicodin and anti-inflamatories just waiting for it to get better. Luckily I have a high pain tolerance.
I've gone days with broken bones and been uncomfortable, but ok. I think it's that part of me that takes care of everyone else first and forgets about myself.
I just can't pick Isabella up without about bursting into tears.

Yikes, Jen! :eek: I hope you feel better soon! :hug99:

Wow Jen, i hope your feel better soon :eek: :bighug:

Ok I'm exhausted :dead: I've been cleaning since 7pm and it's 9:45 and I'm not done yet :tearhair: I still have to throw a load in the dryer,start another, put away one load and probably another before retiring for the night, going to vacume the living room and wash the kitchen floor and calling it quits :dead:

:wavey:

I got alot done yesterday, including mopping the kitchen floor, laundry, and put together a pantry cart all by myself. :biggrin: Until our kitchen gets redone/expanded, I was sick of the lack of counter space so for now the spices, aluminum foil, sandwich baggies, etc. all have a home and my counters have more room and clutter-free! :up:

The house is still in great shape from all the cleaning I did yesterday. But today I'm wanting to vacuum, preferably the main floor AND the upstairs, pack away the girls' winter stuff and I'm sure I'll find a couple other things to do. I told Alexia yesterday that I'll take them to the park if it's nice out today. Suppose to be 70 degrees so we'll most likely be going to the park later. :)

I also need to decide on a summer camp for Alexia. I need to see if the preschool she's starting at come Sept. has a summer camp, if so I would like for her to go there. If the preschool doesn't offer up a summer camp, we may sign her up for summer camp at the gymnastics place. I also need to sign her up for summer gymnastics classes.

Hope everyone has a great day! :sunny:

It's so nice to wake up to a clean house :) of course I'm not done, I still have to dust down the walls/get to cobwebs, clear out knick knacks etc, I'm going to call Salvation Army/consignment store to come and make an appointment to pick them up. Going to be out most of the morning, meeting some friends for coffee then to the library, again I'll wait till dh goes to work tonight to finish most of my cleaning/organizing.. Have a great day everyone :wavey:

Who actually installs white linoleum in the kitchen? I just spent an hour scrubbing it, and it is still filthy! The previous owners had 3 kids and 2 huge dogs--what were they thinking? Dawn, we should post pics of our kitchens, and I can GUARANTEE you that mine would win for Most Ugly/Least Functional. We are saving that home improvement project for last--will probably be the determining factor as to whether or not we decide to stay in this house for a long time or not. So far we have our bedroom and Sam's room done. Currently working on the bathroom. If we do move in a few years, I have decided that kitchen functionality will be a huge factor in the house-hunting process.

So, besides that, I have done some laundry and dishes and taken a shower. Gotta get some lunch next. Take care, and have a good day, Ladies!

Vicky, you must be living in my old house. The same thing was installed there. :lol: I think that it must be super cheap because no one with children or pets would ever install WHITE flooring.

I need to start packing. I've been trying to do the extra scrubbing as I'm going, so that we can get our deposit back. :nod:
So far this morning, we walked the 2 miles to the park and back, after playing at the park for about an hour and a half. I definitely got my exercise in today! :woo:
I need to do some sewing, but I'll do that during Aiden's nap, then I will clean up the kitchen and if I can atleast work on packing up Aiden's room, atleast start it, I will be in good shape. :up:

Dawn, we should post pics of our kitchens, and I can GUARANTEE you that mine would win for Most Ugly/Least Functional.

My kitchen would probably give yours a run for its money! :lol:

I went to Bible study this morning. One of the girls had bought me a watch! :faint: She has this really cute watch that I've admired for a while, so she went out and got me one very similar for Mother's Day. I thought that was so sweet!

So far, this afternoon, I've made a pie and cleaned the kitchen. I still have to pick up and vacuum the living room. Today is my mom's birthday and she and my father are coming over after dinner for pie. I also have to get a couple loads of laundry done. :)

no one with children or pets would ever install WHITE flooring.

I was an idiot and when we built, I had 2 kids, one on the way and a cat, and was thinking the white floor would go well with however I decided to decorate and the white would make everything clean and fresh looking. OMG I hate myself for that now!!!!!

I have done 6 loads of laundry, made lunch and cleaned up and helped the kids with the scrapbook project. Today it's more laundry, bills and nursery duty at church tonight.

GOsh, I went to look for pics of our kitchen and it's on DH's computer (which is out of works right now). Ours is just very dated and because I cook, etc. this counter space and cabinet space just ain't cutting it! :lol: That's why we plan on redoing it with extending it to make it bigger too! Our oven and the stove is the worse!!! Ugh!

So far today I vacuumed the upstairs and I took all the games, books, etc. off the built-in shelves in their room and vacuumed the shelves as well. I also went through a box and sorted things out & put things away (Angelina's room has boxes in it still...of the girls' 'extra' stuff. I go through it when I can.) I'm waiting to vacuum the downstairs, but Angelina (and Alexia too) is napping. So I'll do that when they wake up and I'm gonna vacuum our mattress and all around it where it sits on (we have a platform bed). I made a phone call about summer camp for Alexia...waiting for them to call back. I balanced out the checkbook, did a couple loads of wash. I'm on a roll today. I think I'm gonna clean the windows now.... oh yea, and made lunch. :)

Today we went to the pediatrician's office, got a prescription filled, made stops at two different CVS's to look for something DH wants for his office, raced home in time to meet the cable internet guy. Now I'm having lunch and attempting to do two loads of laundry before we go to the gym tonight.

Oh yea, about the white floors....when we sold our condo, the kitchen was kinda dark and dreary looking...we wanted it to look appealing to the eye for buyers. So what did we do? We 'freshened' it up by painting the cabinets white and putting down a white floor (it had a blue diamond in the middle of each white vinyl square). Would we have done the floor like that if we were staying there? Heck no! I'll tell you what...our condo sold in 2 weeks! :lol: It looked nice as it opened everything up but I feel sorry for the pple that's trying to keep the floor clean! :lol:

I'm still on neverending laundry duty. Isabella is being a crab today. So I might not get much else done. I have to take Liam to preschool and go by the bank in about an hour. Then I'm down to just 2 kids for a couple of hours. Austin has cub scouts so I won't see him til just before dinner tonight. I have no idea what I"m doing for dinner, I'll have to look up some ideas online.
Dh is trying to be a nice guy and make up for his a**hole ways. I've been trying to plan out our trip to Vegas the last couple of days. I figured if I focused on something fun it would make me feel better. Which it did, but it also makes me mad. I was going to plan a couple surprises for him for while we're there. But I had to ask myself why?? Shouldn't he be doing some of this. He's the one who's in the dog house. Am I being bitchy? Or do y'all agree with me on this one??

I was an idiot and when we built, I had 2 kids, one on the way and a cat, and was thinking the white floor would go well with however I decided to decorate and the white would make everything clean and fresh looking. OMG I hate myself for that now!!!!!

Well, Shel, the fact that you were pregnant when you made that choice kinda says it all--no one is in their right mind when expecting! :lol:

Since I last wrote, I picked up, put some stuff up in the attic, and vacuumed the whole upstairs. Taking a breather before taking the scissors to the roller/spindle thing of the vacuum. I have longish hair and it loves to get wrapped around that thing. Oh, and Sam is also crying in the bouncy seat because he's tired and hates to take naps--ugh!

Oh--here's one nice thing--a while back I bought some fabric to make a curtain for the bathroom we are re-doing and yesterday I actually made the whole thing and hung it up (temporarily--have to do lots of painting in the bathroom and don't want it to get ruined). I'll try to post a pic later. Ciao!

I was an idiot and when we built, I had 2 kids, one on the way and a cat, and was thinking the white floor would go well with however I decided to decorate and the white would make everything clean and fresh looking. OMG I hate myself for that now!!!!!

Okay, no one but Shel.... ;) :lol:

I'm still on neverending laundry duty. Isabella is being a crab today. So I might not get much else done. I have to take Liam to preschool and go by the bank in about an hour. Then I'm down to just 2 kids for a couple of hours. Austin has cub scouts so I won't see him til just before dinner tonight. I have no idea what I"m doing for dinner, I'll have to look up some ideas online.
Dh is trying to be a nice guy and make up for his a**hole ways. I've been trying to plan out our trip to Vegas the last couple of days. I figured if I focused on something fun it would make me feel better. Which it did, but it also makes me mad. I was going to plan a couple surprises for him for while we're there. But I had to ask myself why?? Shouldn't he be doing some of this. He's the one who's in the dog house. Am I being bitchy? Or do y'all agree with me on this one??

My opinion, he's not going to notice the difference if you have the surprises or not. :lol: And you probably won't get any more appreciation if you go out of your way. That's just me.

Okay--here are some pics of the new curtain I made. The first one was taken last night which is the best pic of how it looks on the window, and the second pic was taken today next to the shower curtain so you can see how they go together. The colors in the second pic are more "true" as well. (Note that we are planning on painting the walls a lilac and painting the ugly gold tile with special white paint used for painting over ceramic tile).

Very nice, Vicky! :aok:

I went to vacuum my living room, plugged in the vacuum, and only the light came on. :confused: I tried calling the vacuum repair place and got no answer. :huh: Not sure what to do next. :dunno:

Not sure what to do next. :dunno:
You go buy a Dyson! ;) :lol:

Give it a kick, Theresa! A good sharp kick does a world of good to so many things.... :lol2:

Sounds like a perfect excuse not to clean to me!


Vicki, the curtains are gorgeous! :up:

Jen, not sure if I'm missing something. :dunno: If it's because your Dh is being an a$$hole, then I would never go out of my way! Heck no. That's just me though, and I can be oh so stubborn! Until your nice and treat me with respect...then I'll do nice things, surprises, etc. because in that case it will be well-deserved. :)

Vicky - very, very nice job on the curtains! :up: What an awesome talent to have (and a money saver too!) Does anyone else sew besides Vicky and Mandy?

GOsh, I got so many things accomplished. Miss Angelina was quite the napper today! Horray!...Because this girl never naps...well, she does but she's a cat-napper. 20 min. here...1/2 hour there, etc. She napped very, very well today and mamma got alot done!!! :yippee:

:lol: You all are too funny! I did get a hold of the vacuum repair shop. He said I could bring it down today, but I didn't feel like it, so I told him I would bring it down tomorrow. Yeah. That sounds fun. Bringing 2 kids and a vacuum into a store. :rolleyes: I just hope it isn't too much to fix. :crossfing

I dont think I've ever posted in this thread, but I've lurked and now I am going to post...

I think that it must be super cheap because no one with children or pets would ever install WHITE flooring.

I am one of those idiots who installed white flooring. We have children & pets. When we bought this place, we wanted to put in cheaper flooring b/c we knew we'd gut the kitchen in 5 years anyway. So we painted the cabinets white and got white flooring. HA HA HA HA HA :lol2: OMG -- that kitchen is my freaking demise. I am cleaning it like 3-4 times a day. Chris and I keep chastising ourselves. What a bunch of dumbasses :lol:

Yah, good to see ya here Karri! :wavey: We now have a pretty decent amount of SAHMs here in this journal and it keeps getting bigger! :biggrin: BTW: I love your new profile pic! :aok:

I'll stick to my nasty wanna-be-brick-looking vinyl flooring for now instead of the white. :lol: When we sold our condo we painted cabinets white and put down white vinyl flooring. Even though it sold in 2 weeks, I remember what a PITA it was cleaning it, etc. in the time we did have it while living there. Every little crumb showed up...oh, and my hair! I never knew I shed so much until I saw my hair on the floor! :lol:

Thanks for the nice compliments on the curtain, Ladies! :)

Funny everyone is mentioning the Dyson. We have one--the deluxe Animal version, no less--and it is great, but even IT cannot stand up to my hair (I posted earlier how I had to cut all my wound up hair off the spindle). :lol: Looks like lots of flooring problems today--broken vacuums, impossible-to-clean linoleum. I'll add our dishwasher to the mix. It is leaving a very thin film of soap on the dishes (never used to do this). I even ran it through a whole cycle with just water (no detergent) to try to get the soap film off, but no luck. Any suggestions as to how to fix this, Ladies? It's one of those crummy portable dishwashers that I have to roll over to the kitchen faucet and plug in each time I want to use it. We were hoping this hunk-a-junk would last until we redo the kitchen in a few years, but it's not looking too promising at the moment. When we redo the kitchen, we obviously want a built-in dishwasher, so I'd hate to have to replace this thing for such a short time-frame.

Have a nice night, Ladies!

Love the curtains Vicky :aok:

I'm soooo tired right now :dead: I think I'll do my cleaning tomorrow instead of tonight :blush:

OMG! I am such a slacker! You all got so much done today, and I honestly did nothing around the house.

Jackson woke me up at 5:00 and I just never recovered from that! All I managed to do this morning was feed both of us, and take a shower! We did go to the park for about 3 hours - it was finally nice here, so I wanted to take advantage. During Jackson's nap I visited with my friend Liz, who is moving to Baltimore next week. So I didn't sit on my butt all day, but no cleaning was done.

I even made chicken nuggets for both Jackson and my husband for dinner. I didn't eat dinner yet b/c Liz brought me a burrito from Baja Fresh and I am still full from it!

So...tomorrow...

Kindermusik at 9:15
Playgroup at the park afterwards
laundry
dinner
exercise

I think that is all I can manage for tomorrow.

Vicky - I am so impressed by that curtain...I can't do anything crafty like that!

Okay, Shel and Karri, I would like some mustard on that foot sandwich I am eating. :lol:

Vicky I LOVE that curtain! That is soooo cute! Did you use a pattern or did you figure that out on your own?

Where is she moving? I'm considerably north of Baltimore, but would be more than happy to help out a friend of a friend. :)

I visited with my friend Liz, who is moving to Baltimore next week.

Caroline has been a complete pill today, so I'm glad I got all my stuff done in the morning. She fell and hit her chin this afternoon, biting her tongue, so spent the early part of the evening screaming, snuffling, or poking herself in the chin and then complaining when it hurt. :disbelief Naturally, James was impatient with it and so left to go to the gym :rolleyes: Bedtime finally rolled around only to open with a literal wrestling match :catfight: to give her her sinus medicine (nasal spray, no other option). I really really really HATE having to hold my kid down, and she's just too damned strong! :eek: Of course while I'm doing all this DH makes dinner just for himself, hence why my dinner is an apple with peanut butter and a BIG glass of wine. :drink:

Vicky, I'll ask my dad about your dishwasher probs and let you know what he thinks. :)

Anne - Awe, poor Caroline (and poor YOU!). Hope she's feeling better and I also hope you enjoyed your glass of wine! ;)

Ok girls....how bad am I? I didn't have Alexia go to preschool today. I was/am just TOO DARN TIRED!!! I feel so bad that she didn't go, but what am I to do? Angelina went to bed around 9:30 pm, and she wakes up at 12 am, 1:30 am and again at 4:45 am. Ugh! I can handle when she gets up twice in the middle of the night, but when it starts being 3 times or more, I'm dead! And the fact that I have to drive 40 or more min. to her school and PLUS stay around the area since there's no use in driving home...I said NO WAY. I tried to get more sleep but Angelina was being ancy and fussy. I am so tired!! :blue: And it doesn't help that James started working 7 12's!!!! No days off at all....that's 12 hours every day of the week. :blue: I"m just so beat. When she starts a new school in Sept. we'll be alot closer...like under 15 min. so at least in times like this I can roll out of bed, drive her there and drive back home. I can't wait until Ang starts sleeping through the night!!!! Anyway, sorry for my vents....

Today I need to go to DMV and have my address changed. I thought you could do it online, but it looks like only if your registration renewal is coming up you can do it online. I also need to pay the car payment and the mort. payment in person. Talk about taking advantage of the grace period this month. :lol: The baby needs more formula so we have to stop by the food store (*sigh* can't wait for her to start on whole milk in almost 6 mos!!). $25.00 for a 27 ounce can is getting so old! Also, I need to return our cable box to get a $45 credit since we're not using that cable company no more. Whatever I don't get to, I'll just do tomorrow. But since the house is in good shape I'll take advantage of doing errands today. Suppose to be 80 degrees today, so I can have the girls dress in some cute summer stuff!

:hug99:, Dawn! Ian is STILL not sleeping through the night and he's 18 months old! :banghead: I feel your pain.

Today I'm going to take the vacuum down to get fixed. I hope it doesn't take long and isn't too expensive. :crossfing I'm just going to try and get some laundry done and the kitchen really clean. Nothing too exciting.

:bighug: Dawn :bighug:

Not much on the agenda today, gotta do some vacuming again, why did I let Paige eat the chocolate cup cake?? :disbelief: she made such a mess!
still have clothes to put away :blush:

Let me start by saying -- that I am on Clomid and HATE my husband right now. :angrywife

today's housekeeping schedule:

during naptime, organize Kaitlyns bedroom and box up clothes from my closet and hers, bag some clothes to give to my mom.

during lunch time, clean kitchen and vacuum living room

My husband is an :booty:

Just got back from a walk around the block and taking Paige to the park, it's such a beautful day!

I ordered some fabric online this morning( first time ever!) my mom and Cass are going to be making a bedspread/duvet cover/pillow sham and Valance for her room, I can't wait for it to come in, just got the conformation of my order :yippee:

Off to put those clothes away :bolt:

I'm off in an hour for a playdate up in Vancouver. A good half hour drive, but I just adore my friend Sheri and her kids so we take turns every week.
Liam and Lily have been going stir crazy couped up in the house all week, so they NEED to go run off some energy. I just dread being forced to eat at McDonalds once a week.

I got most of my laundry done, now I just have to put it away. I'm putting that off until Austin gets home from school. I figured I could bribe him with alowance and a piece of candy and he'll help me do it all. I am going to go check out gymboree while I'm at the mall. It's not my usual store so I'm mainly looking for the sale stuff. We have a little league game tonight. If it doesn't get canceled due to the rain. They've missed so many they really can't make up anymore. I have to learn how to coach since both Dh and his best friend Dej, the other coach, will be working this weekend. I guess that scratches me doing my catering on Saturday.
Last night I finally had it with my dining room set. We went and picked out a new one. I have to say it's one of the most beautiful pieces of furniture we've ever owned. I'm so excited for them to deliver it tomorrow. I talked Dh into a buffet set so I can get my china and crystal out of our kitchen cabinets. The buffet also has a wine rack which is SOOOO needed for us.

Dawn....don't be too hard on yourself. It is afterall, just preschool. When I skip out on doing things I try to tell myself that I was just meant NOT to do them. That little thing that tells me, I'm just not up for this today. Who knows what circumstances I avoided by not going. Maybe a car accident, maybe running into an old boyfriend or one of the other SAHM I can't stand, who knows.....
Lisa...I'm jealous. I wish we could go to the park today.
Chantal.....I have been a little unhappy with my Dh lately. He keeps asking if I'm pregnant since I'm so moody. I can only imagine how I'd feel if I were on clomid.

Ugh, just got back. We did everything but return the cable box (will push that off until tomorrow of Fri) and DMV never went through. We go there to find out that I need my birth cert. or my marriage license to do a change of address! So either we'll run out again later or do it tomorrow. It is so nice out that I think after their naps we'll go to the park. :) I'll just pick up around here, seeing I was was home for the past 2 days cleaning and such.

Theresa - hope the fix isn't too expensive. :crossfing: If it is you may as well go the Dyson route! ;) I'm sorry Ian still isn't sleeping through the night. :blue: I hope Ang sleeps through when she's 18 mos. I guess only time will tell. :crossfing:

Chantal - sorry your mad at your DH.

Lisa, how exciting! That is great that your mom and Cass has that talent! I wish I did! What place online did you get your fabric at?

Well, Lex is eating lunch and Ang is on her tummy with her entire hand practically in her mouth :lol: They look too cute today, with their matching lime green dresses on. :heart:

Oh yea, speaking of which.....I also need to call to have their pics taken. I never got Ang's 3 mo. old pics done. :blush1: How bad is that? :blue: She'll be 6 mos. soon so I'll have a pic of just her and some summer sister pics. :)

Ah, ya snuck in on me Jen. Yea, that's very true....thanks. My DH, I know, will certainly agree with you. He's one for thinking like that as well. He was telling me he's glad I didn't take her in case I started falling asleep while driving or whatever. You never know. So maybe it was meant to be. :) There's always next Mon & Wed. :)

Lisa, how exciting! That is great that your mom and Cass has that talent! I wish I did! What place online did you get your fabric at?



My mom made Cass's crib bedding and has made alot of duvets etc over the years and she just bought Cass a sewing machine so when I told her I was going to get a duvet made for me she flipped out and wanted to make it with Cass, I just hope they don't screw it up I can't/won't order anymore :lol:

I got it from http://www.thecottonshop.net
here's what I ordered..

That's great fabric, Lisa! :aok:

Well, today has been pretty productive. I went to the vacuum place to drop off the vacuum. The guy called and said that the motor was dirty and just needed to be cleaned. He's also going to replace the filter and the belt. Total cost: $19.08! :woo: What a relief! On the way home, the kids and I stopped off at the park for a bit. They loved that! When we got home, I cleaned the kitchen really well, got about 5 loads of laundry folded and put away, and picked up the living room! I feel very productive! :up: Someone tell me why I gave my kids popcorn in the living room when I don't have a working vacuum cleaner! :duh: Fish of Shame for me! :colfish:

Most of my day today was spent driving. Well, 3+ hours of it. I did manage to do dishes and fold my last load of laundry. Tomorrow I need to dust and vacuum the upstairs and make out a grocery list. I may even tackle the store depending on how my night goes.

I didn't accomplish anything today because we had a playdate with one of Caroline's friends and by the time we came home I was exhausted so laid on the sofa watching my talk show!

However, tomorrow we're going to BJs to stock up (nearly no meat in the house!) and I absolutely MUST call my doctors office to get a referral for a specialist I need to see. If you see me online after 10am tomorrow, PM me and ask if I called Dr. Holmes yet!

While I'm up now & it's on my mind, I just wanted to 'jot down' some reminders for me to do (non-cleaning related) tomorrow and for the rest of the week....

~Go to DMV - bring marriage cert or birth cert. for change of address
~Call to have the girls' pics done, preferably at PP.
~Call guy that my mom used to take a tree (or two) down in our yard. Make apointment for him to come down to give estimate.
~ Bring cable box back to get refund
~Follow up with preschool concerning summer camp for Alexia
~Join Alexia up for summer gymnastics....do this during her gymnastics class tomorrow
~Go to Barnes & Nobles....see if they have a "Gardening for Dummies book". These books are the best if you want to learn about something in an easy read.
~ Go to Gymboree and look at the pieces of the new line in person that I've been eyeing . If I like, scoop them up using my 25% off!
~Start looking for and pricing window treatments for the rooms

~Call guy that my mom used to take a tree (or two) down in our yard. Make apointment for him to come down to give estimate.


Good luck with your search Dawn, we have to take down 3 dead trees that we are scared will come down on the neighbours property,and are right on the line where the fence will go.. dh was able to rent a snorkle truck from work and will be taking the trees down himself on Monday, it's not cheap but neither was getting someone to do it for us :tearhair: this fence is costing us a freaking fortune :eek: poor dh is working his butt off to pay for this.

Today I have to go to work so nothing is getting done here but I do have to take Cass shopping for a bday present at American Eagle after work, I'm going to look like crap I really don't want to go to the mall :rolleyes:

Have a good day everyone :wavey:

As much as I hate to talk $$$ on here, we are really scrapin' the bottom of the barrell now :( This totally sucks, we have a weekend vacation that is already paid for ~ EVERYTHING is free, but we can't even afford to pay for the gas to go :cry: (BTW it is in Dentis, FL about a 5 hour drive) I am so bummed. To add to that, we have no milk, no bread and no meat in the house.... I am eating rice cakes fro breakfast and the girls had the favorite back up.... oatmeal. Man I just hope and pray that Allen gets a job soon :crossfing
:hug99: Oh, sweetie :hug99: I'm praying for you guys, that Allen finds something soon. :crossfing:

Tell Tova to fork over the gas money :)


:bighug:

Bretta, She lives there free AND you do her ironing!!! :eek: No wonder she doesn't want to leave. :disbelief I hope you can figure out how to go on your trip! :hug99:

Not much getting done today. I'm at my mom's right now and one of my friends is coming to my house later for lunch and Bible study. It should be nice! The only thing I really want to get done today is pick up my vacuum. I also want to try and get the 2 loads of laundry folded and put away. Tonight, I'm going to frame a cross stitch I did while The Apprentice is on! :)

Bretta...I hope you can figure something out. Is there anyone you could borrow the gas money from? It'd be a shame to miss out on it because of that. Especially after already investing something in it. A thrown together garage sale?? I've done that before. Or put it on a credit card?? I've had to even borrow a credit card for gas before.

I'm going to go through the kids closets and clean their rooms while I wait for our new dining room table to get delivered. Then I have my crazy Thursday errands to run while the boys are at school. I'm putting gymboree off until tonight so I don't have to drag the kids in with me. I'm still debating some of the things I put on hold. I'll have to think about it more after I go through the kids stuff.
I've got most of my laundry done and caught up. Same with the dishes. I have to swing by and pick up birthday party invites for the kids birthday next weekend. I've already sent out an evite to most of the guests, but the few without email I need to get something to.

Good luck with your search Dawn, we have to take down 3 dead trees that we are scared will come down on the neighbours property,and are right on the line where the fence will go.. dh was able to rent a snorkle truck from work and will be taking the trees down himself on Monday, it's not cheap but neither was getting someone to do it for us
Thanks Lisa. Well, we got the guy that my parents used, coming down this Sat. at 9 am to give us an estimate! I'll also get another estimate as well. But my mom is very thorough and she had several pple come down to give estimates and he was the cheapest. They just did it the other day and they were so happy with their work! (at around 5 hrs. after they started they were cleaning up!) For 4 trees it costed them $1,600 and that's including stump grinding as well. So we'll see. OMG, James wanted to do it himself as well. I told him no way. :lol: First of all, this tree is HUGE and it would take him forever to do it all. I told him I just wanted it to be done with so we can get a swingset and all that, and so we don't have to worry about any accidents on anything falling on our roof! They have ins. so let them worry about it I told him. I convinced him that hiring someone would be better. :lol: But he was ready to rent a bucket truck and all. :lol: I wish your DH luck in tackling those trees. :)

Well, yesterday Alexia had gymnastics, and I also signed her up for 8 weeks during the summer. :) I was also suppose to go to DMV and bring my marriage cert. or my birth cert. to have my address changed, but I couldn't open up the safe. :blush1: I was trying and trying and I must of been doing something wrong! :lol: I had the combo right....but when James got home I had him get it for me. So the girls and I will be going there (DMV) today. And I'm hoping to make it to Gymboree today as well to take advantage of the 25% off I have. I also need to call to schedule an appointment for the girls to have their pics taken.

I'll straighten up around here so that the house is clean for the weekend. Nothing big or major though.....

That's an awesome price Dawn! my sister payed almost that much for 1 tree 4 yrs ago and they left the stump! I tried to convince dh to hire someone but he wants the truck :rolleyes: these trees aren't very big, I just hope he can get the stumps our :tearhair:


Today I'm heading over to my sister's house to let P play with the girls in their backyard, they just bought a new swing/playset, they will have a blast playing together :) then I am heading over to Party Packagers, this Paris themed party isn't easy to plan :tearhair: I'm hoping I can find something there for decorations, still can't find the 3D Eiffel tower puzzle :tearhair:

dh is on day shift this weekend so I'll have plenty of time to clean, I'll throw a couple loads of laundry in tonight.

Have a good day everyone!

Where is she moving? I'm considerably north of Baltimore, but would be more than happy to help out a friend of a friend. :)


Thank you Anne!

I am not sure where she is moving, she is going to grad school at Johns Hopkins, and her husband is going to grad school in DC....so I think they were looking for a place somewhere in between. :dunno: I'll find out for sure and let you know.

Well, after a week of slacking off, I had a very productive day yesterday!

I took Jackson to the park for playgroup and we ended up staying and had a picnic lunch - it was so nice out yesterday. That really tired him out, so while he was napping...I totally cleaned our master bathroom including taking everything out of the linen closet, washing the towels etc. (most were covered in cat hair), and re-organizing. I scrubbed the floor, and even dealt with the cat litter. :dead: After that I was on roll, so I cleaned up our bedroom, finished organizing the closet. Then I vacuumed the entire place, cleaned the kitchen, did 2 loads of laundry and made dinner! I don't know what came over me!

Today I am going to the mall around 9:00...my friend Kym is having her floors refinished so she needs to be out of her house by 9:00. We are going to let the boys run around (the mall doesn't actually open until 10) for a while and get breakfast there. Afterwards, I need to stop at the grocery store. It is nice today although cold (only 38 degrees right now!) so I am going to attempt to put Jackson down for his nap early, in hopes that he wakes up early and we can go to the park or something in the warmer part of the day. I need to make pizza dough and do a couple more loads of laundry during naptime today.

Tonight...I think we are going to have a wild Friday night and sit down and pay bills! :woo:

OK, so I was all set and ready to go to DMV yesterday. This time I have my marriage license and birth cert. BUT I forget the utility bill that you need as well! Ugh! THe other day was just the opposite...I had the bill, but not the other stuff. So needless to say we didn't go, and I wasn't about to go back home, etc. They are open until 12 noon today, so I'll do it then (making sure I have ALL requirements on me BEFORE I head out the door). I also went to the bank and hit the mall and bought some cute matching Gymbo outfits for the girls. :)

Today the tree guy comes at 9 am for an estimate. I'll then head to DMV and take care of little things around the house. I also need to pay some bills. Tomorrow is Alexia's Summer School picnic.... :)

I think we are going to have a wild Friday night and sit down and pay bills! http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/woo.gif
http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/lol.gif too funny! Michele http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/lol.gif

Not much going on around here, it's raining and I am soooo pissed off with my not so dear husband! http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/mad.gif he was supposed to call and book the post hole guy ages ago, I asked him, oh a million times,so yesterday he promised he would call from work..ya right! so when he called me and asked me for the phone # I lost it, I called them myself( not knowing all the spec information) and the soonest they can come out is June 8!!! that's just to make the holes, there is no way the fence will be ready for the following weekend :http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/tantrum.gif http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/angrywife.gif
he say's he's going to call around and see if there are other places that can come earlier..ya, I heard that before http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes3.gif
anyway thanks for listening to my rant http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/blush.gif

I have to drive Cassie to a friends house today for a bday party then take Paige to the library to get some books for the week, come home and do laundry...big whoop http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes3.gif

Have a good weekend everyone http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/wavey.gif

Well, not much going on. I ran to Walmart this morning. Bad idea. A woman with PMS should be allowed to roam free through that place. I came back with brownies, Suzy Q's, and orange creme Hershey's kisses. :blush: I did get all the other things I need, too. Then, I came home and cleaned out our old car. A friend of DH's is going to buy it. I just want to get the house picked up and the dishes done. Nothing too exciting!

I'm having a crazy morning. I got a call at 9am on the dot to tell me the little league game I am coaching is postponed until tonight at 5:30pm. They were worried about the fields drying out. So I had to call all the parents, about 20 when you factor in the home, cell and divorced parents. I also had to email them with the news. My ex husband is not wanting to bring Austin to the postponed game because he had "other plans." But since I'm the coach (or atleast the stand in coach since Jim has drill and Dej is stuck in LA) I don't think that's right. If one other kid doesn't make it besides Austin then I'll have to forfeit. I'm always extremely flexible with him, but on this I don't think I should have to be. If we have to forfeit because of his laziness then it runs 25 other families schedule for today and future schedule. Am I being selfish and a total bitch that i"m not willing to negotiate??

So the monkeys are hanging out watching cartoons. I'm putting off doing the laundry. Just waiting for Isabella to wake up from her nap so I can go run a couple errands before Liam's tee ball game at 3pm.

Today was Alexia's Family Spring Picnic at her school. It was from 11-2 pm and it was suppose to rain and it didn't! Guess when it started raining?...yep, 2:00 pm! :lol: She had so much fun playing, eating, went on a pony ride, arts and crafts, etc. I'm so glad the rain held off! :up:

So didn't do much at all around the house...just some picking up here and there. Tomorrow's another day. Alexia has preschool and I'm not gonna have her play hookey this time. :lol: I'm sure they'll be rehearsing again for their little spring show that they put on for us on Thursday. :)

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Must have been picnic day, Dawn - today was Caroline's end-of-year picnic too! It was supposed to rain, but other than a few drops in the morning, that was it. :rahrah: DH actually slept in until NOON - I could have killed him. And he has the nerve to say "this is the first time I've slept past 9am in years!" MY @$$ it is! It happens nearly every freakin' weekend! I couldn't even sleep in on Mother's Day of all days, yet he manages to do it every weekend.

Anyway, once DH deigned to get himself up and about :rolleyes: we got ready and headed out to the picnic. Caroline was bummed that her teachers weren't there, but was entirely THRILLED to see her "boyfriend" Wyatte so spent the better part of the afternoon chasing him around and playing ball with him. Then we had time for swimming in the big pool so Caroline had a great time using all the float toys and jumping off the side of the pool. She even decided herself that she'd like to take swim lessons! :woo:

So today was a pretty much lost day, and things will return to normal tomorrow.

Anne, I'm so glad the rain held off for your picnic too! :up: Alexia was also upset that her teacher wasn't there either (I didn't see any of them there) and kept asking where she was. Oh well, I told her she'll see her tomorrow and can ask her then. :lol:

Lisa, did you find an 3D eiffel tower yet? I have seen it around here. Do you want to me to look and send one off? It's no problem at all.

Stacy your a doll! I actually thought of a couple places ( hobby stores) I'll give them a call today and see if they have it :crossfing: if not I might have to take you up on that offer :)

Well dh has the snorkal truck coming this morning, I have to drive Cass to school because she has to bring a blanket for a religion presentation?? and she doesn't want to go on the bus with it...um she has to come home on the bus with it so I don't get it :lol: then I will come home and straighten up, some of dh's co workers are going to pop in to give him a hand and take the wood... I have a few things I need to get at the grocery store, not much then I'll come back and call another post hole place, keep your fingers crossed I can A- get through to an actual person and B- they can come before June 8 :crossfing:

ohh there goes the boom truck, he just drove by the house :duh: :bolt:

I've decided I'm staying home today and not going anywhere(atleast not until Austin's little league game later tonight), I'm just going to work around the house. I have a couple loads of laundry to do and dishes to put away. But I think that's it. I cleaned the kids rooms yesterday and got a ton done around the house.
Although my bathrooms are a wreck and I don't feel like cleaning them. I'm thinking of hiring someone to come do it. I know it's the lazy way out, but I just hate doing bathrooms and Jim keeps putting it off. I should save the money, but I figure I might as well. It'll be a birthday gift to myself.
I didn't get much of a weekend with Jim at drill the whole time and I'm TOTALLY worn out. I told him he needs to take a day off and SOON. He has 8 weeks of leave and accrues 3 or 4 days a month. He can only roll over 4 a year. So I think we should start using a day here, a day there as needed. He could probably plan to have 3 day weekends all Summer.

The kids are driving me crazy already this morning. Lily is whining and complaining about everything. Liam is just not listening. Atleast Isabella is happy just sitting in her swing.
I was so annoyed with Jim this morning. He was so loud getting ready for work he woke ALL the kids up, including Isabella. So the extra sleep I was counting on getting did NOT happen. I may end up veging out on the couch watching my Tivo'd shows. I got Liam and Lily to go build a town on their lego table. So that'll keep them busy until lunch.

Jen, I don't think it's lazy to hire someone. Heck, I think it's smart! :lol:

We cleaned yesterday. I already have spent one hour packing boxes. We don't move until July, but are planning a yard sale in June, so I'm weeding out now. I have already been successful weeding out our closets. :up:

And now that I've had my weekly call from the life insurance people who have ticked me off, I am no longer motivated. :lol:

BTW, does anyone know why our thread is only good enough for 4 stars? Why not 5? :lol:

Not a clue. Good question. We should have 5 stars.

Thanks Mandy!! I'm searching for a cleaning crew right now. Like he'll know the difference anyway. If I pay with my personal or business account he wouldn't even know if I did it or someone else.

So I'm really pissed. I went to throw something away and saw that the garbage hadn't been taken out. (Dh only regular job) then I look outside, it's garbage day and he hadn't taken it to the curb. Or put out the recycling. Or taken any of the garbage out to the garbage can. So I had to get dressed and go do it all.

So much for taking a nap on the couch. The kids are still busy with the legos and Isabella is down for her morning nap.

I am tired today! So is Jackson...he was begging for a nap at 12:15 (usually doesn't go down until 1 or 2) so he has already been sleeping for 2 hours! I can't motivate myself to do anything though...I haven't eve showered!

I need to do laundry, make the bed, think of something for dinner and dust the living room...I am sitting on here though!

This morning we got out early and met a woman who I am thinking of doing some babysitting for while she works...she has a job interview tomorrow so I am watching her daughter while she does that. We had coffee with her, then went for a walk. Afterwards I took Jackson to the park and all he wanted to do was play in the puddles. Hh had so much fun stomping and splashing in them! Although I didn't want to deal with the mess, I let him b/c he is boy and I think he needs to do that sometimes. An older woman "scolded" me for letting him get all wet. I was annoyed. It isn't like clothes aren't washable, and kids aren't cleanable, right?...plus is is somewhat warm today so it wasn't like he was in danger of freezing to death!

BTW, does anyone know why our thread is only good enough for 4 stars? Why not 5? :lol:

I just voted and put it back up to 5.


Today I've been in babyfood making mode. I have made and trayed carrots, sweet potatoes, green beans, mango puree, mango chunks, and blueberries. Tonight I'll have to pop everything out of the trays and into bags. Tomorrow I'll do apples, asparagus and peaches. I already have avacado and bananas put up. I helped the boys with their schoolwork in between batches :)

Other than that it's just a couple random loads of laundry and making dinner. It's nice here today, so we'll probably go for a walk later on.

BTW, does anyone know why our thread is only good enough for 4 stars? Why not 5? :lol:
Hey, now who would put it up as only 4 stars?! :lol: Either way, thanks for 'fixing' it Shel! :)

Lucky you Jen, getting out of cleaning the bathrooms! :lol: Speaking of which, I need to get to mine tomorrow!!!! Oh, and a fish of shame for your DH :colfish: :lol:

Alexia had school today, so again Angelina and I went around to some local stores. Of course I never come out of them empty handed. :lol: I got some cute placemats for the kitchen table, a matching hand towel and a matching rug to go by the sink. I also bought diaper wipes, some birthday gifts for my nephew's 2nd birthday in a couple weeks, Nemo bubble bath for Alexia, and shampoo for us.

I was really busy today, and this is my first time on here pretty much all day! I cleaned my room, vacuumed the entire downstairs, even vacuumed my mattress and all around it where it lays on (we have a platform bed). I did a couple loads of laundry and I"m still going at that. I'm about to go upstairs to put away the girls' clothes in their rooms. They are all sitting at the bottom of the stairs waiting. I also wrote out some bills, cleaned the kitchen including mopping. I'm about to put Alexia in for a bath soon....

Shel, you go with your baby food making!! I want to try making some myself one of these days (never made it with Alexia), but first we have to get Angelina to like rice cereal. What is with her...she's not taking to it much really. :dunno:

Wow Allens new job sounds awesome!! congrat's again :yippee:

The weather sucks here :mad: it's freezing!!
right now I'm making phone calls for quotes on tree stump removal..I'm getting really depressed about the cost of just preparing for the fence, let alone the fence itself :mope: :tearhair:

I cleaned one bathroom yesterday but I need to get to the other soon...I might do it later or tomorrow, I have to work tonight so I'm not really in the mood right now...

off to figure out dinner :bolt:

have a great day everyone :wavey:

Caroline is sick - yet a-freakin'-gain so we're stuck at home. I swear, this kid gets every cootie that comes down the pike. On top of allergies, no less! :disbelief

So I'm mainly on nosewiping/medicine fetching patrol. At naptime (which better be good, she was up for the day at 6:45!) I have to call about a referral for a doctor, and at some point I need to clean all the toilets and figure out what to have for dinner.

oh poor Caroline :( hope she feels better soon :bighug:

Today's menu:

~ Daycare, of course ;)
~ pack suitcases for Kaitlyn and myself
~ mop main floor during naptime
~ clean bathrooms during naptime

I asked Dh if he would get a housecleaning company to come in on Thursday - as an anniversary gift to me (it's our 5th anniversary on Friday and I wont even be here to celebrate it :blush: ). He shrugged and said "I dunno" :rolleyes: :fryingpan

Today we have to......
Order Liam & Lily's birthday cake (we're doing a picture one with the photo below)
Pick up all the party supplies
Make the bank deposit
Buy stamps and send bills off
Liam has preschool at 12:15
Then pick up at 2:45
Austin has cub scouts until 4pm
I'm watching the neighbor kids from 3:30-5:30pm
Dh is coming home early to mow the lawn
I have to scrub a few things for my catering business
I'm trying to hook up one of my older son's friends and little league team mate's mom with Dh best friend.
(AGAIN I'm Jen the matchmaker) So we're planning for them both to be at Liam & Lily's birthday and go see Star wars with us on Sunday.

Crap...I forgot the damn pic. here it is. I couldn't figure out how to include Barbie & Batman in the same cake. So I'm doing a photo cake with the 2 of them on one of their "I love my big brother/little sister" days.

I asked Dh if he would get a housecleaning company to come in on Thursday - as an anniversary gift to me (it's our 5th anniversary on Friday and I wont even be here to celebrate it :blush: ). He shrugged and said "I dunno" :rolleyes: :fryingpan


Chantal,I would just book it :lol: :devil:

great picture Jen! they are soooo cute :love:

Chantal,I would just book it :lol: :devil:

Me too! :lol:

Bretta, Congrats again!

Anne, I hope Caroline is better soon!

Jen, Great picture! Can't wait to see the cake! :)

I'm having a quiet day today. I had Bible study this morning and I'm going out to dinner with some of the moms from MOPS tonight, so I have zero ambition. :lol: I'll probably just try to get the laundry I washed yesterday put away and maybe one more load. AF showed up and I just don't feel good! :(

Anne: Sorry Caroline is sick again...that just sucks!

Bretta: CONGRATULATIONS...I can only imagine what a relief this must be! Sounds like the job has some good perks!

Jen: Great picture. I would love to hear more about your catering business if you feel like writing about it...forgive me if you already have! (catering is something I would love to do...I love to cook!)

Chantal : I would book it too...you deserve a break for your anniversary!

Theresa: I am with you on the zero motivation today... :lol:

OMG! I don't know how you people with more than one kid manage! I watched a 16 month old littler girl today along with Jackson and I am exhausted. It went pretty well, except that Jackson decided to run away from me while we were outside playing, and he is so fast now that he was out of sight before I could even start chasing him. Scared the crap out of me. Sabina (the little girl) is slow on her feet, so I had to run after Jackson lugging her (she weighs about 28 pounds!)...we must have looked pretty funny. She was just picked up about a half hour ago and Jackson is sleeping, so I am resting today! No chores for me.

I am even thinking of taking Jackson out for dinner b/c I just don't feel like messing up and cleaning up my kitchen again...

Bretta ~ Congrats again! That is such wonderful news! What's wonderful too, is that the health insurance starts right away!!! That's great...most places you have to wait at least 3 mos.! WTG! :up:

Anne ~ Awe, I hope Caroline feels better soon. It sucks when they're sick. :blue:

Jen ~ Liam & Lily are adorable!

Well, we're back. Went to have the girls' pics taken. I got Angelina's 6 mo. pic taken by herself and I got some sister pics taken too. As tired as Ang was (and the fact that her hand never leaves her mouth AND she has a little cough), I was surprised it went so well. I can't wait to get them back. I had some great coupons for JCPenney so we had them done there.

After that, we had lunch at the mall and then we went to the grocery store.

I really wanted to get to the bathroom today, maybe I'll do it a little later. That's pretty much it. I'm hanging low today, besides the bathroom if I do it, and I'll just pick up here and there.

I have so much to do that I don't even have time to post here. :lol: I shouldn't even be here. I'm doing the stuff that doesn't need to be done right away either. :rolleyes: As in, I packed Madelynn's suitcase, except for jammies, she'll only wear ones with a zipper now and her winter ones are too hot, so I ordered some lightweight ones from TCP. I didn't realize how reasonable some of their prices are. I have Ava's clothes all ready to be packed too. We're not leaving for a week. :lol: Do they have too many clothes?

My friend and I are having a garage sale Friday and Saturday and my garage is a disaster. All of her stuff is in there and all of my stuff is in the laundry room. It's a MESS!

Alexia had preschool today. While she was there Ang and I went to Home Depot. Man, I love that place. :lol: I went there for 3 things...they didnt have 2 of the things :rolleyes: but I got a really nice brush nickel finish light (has 3 lights) for above the medicine cabinet in the bathroom. :)

I haven't done much, as Ang is needing my full attention. She's had this cough and she's on Pedicare, however today she sounds so hoarse. I think it's hurting her when she tries to drink her bottle too. Needless to say, I have another call out to her Dr. to see what he says. This poor girl never gets a break. :blue:

So because of her I don't think I"m gonna get much done around here. I would like to clean the kitchen though...(I HATE messy kitchens) and need to make my bed still.

oh poor Angelina :( hope she gets better soon :crossfing:

I have done zip around the house today :blush: went with dh to the dump and got rid of all the brush from the tree's we took down the other day, thankfully his friend from work came and took the wood, the whole back of his truck and the trailer was full to the top :eek:

dh is on nights so I might just wait until he leaves to do some cleaning eg vacuming etc

hope everyone is having a good day :wavey:

Another unproductive day for me!

Jackson and I had Kindermusik this morning and there was yet another fight to get out of the house. This frustrates me to no end. He fights everything the morning of Kindermusik from eating to getting dressed to getting in the carseat. This makes things hard b/c we need to leave by 8:45 to get there in time and are almost always late. Once we get to Kindermusik he loves it and has the best time, but it is such a struggle to get out. I end up sweating from fighting with him and in a terrible mood! I am contemplating not signing him up for the next session b/c I am sick of the fight. :dunno:

After music we went to Kym's house for a playgroup, Lisa and Olivia were also there. We had a delicious lunch - I ate WAY to much, and the kids tore apart the house. I was having so much fun chatting with Kym and Lisa that I didn't leave until almost 3 and Jackson just went down for his nap. So, I am assuming he will sleep until at least 5:30, I should be doing laundry, but I just don't feel like it at the moment. I will throw a load in before Scott comes home though. I also need to make dinner, and work out tonight...I ate like a pig today and I am pissed about it now b/c I have to weigh in (Weight Watchers) tomorrow...

That's it for me today.

I spent most of today at the mall. I went to a different mall then usual for our weekly playdate with my friend Sheri and her kids.
I decided to go early to look at bras at Fredericks of Hollywood since they were having a sale. I tried on the largest they have a 38f and was just BUSTING out of it. The SA gave me a list of local places that custom make bras and I left feeling really discouraged.
I'm so tired of wearing my ugly ass nursing bra because it's the only thing that fits me. I wanted something pretty.
So as I was going to the elevator in Nordstrom I decided to ask the SA there if she knew of anywhere that made larger size bras in the mall.
She was sooo helpful. She offered to measure me for the first time EVER. I found out that I have been wearing the wrong size bra for probably 8-10 years. I always stuck with a 38dd (I thought I was getting bigger around), but when she measured me I'm actually a 34G. (Yes G, like G-whiz that's huge!!)
I am so amazed!!! I feel so much better!! The most comfortable day in my life with my huge breasts!!
It cost a bit more, but it has been so worth it. ALREADY!!
I can tell I carry myself differently, even my clothes fit different.
She also mentioned something about my clothes. She said I looked like I wore all my clothes atleast a size too big(I'm only wearing a 9). It's not like I'm in baggy jeans that hang to my knees. I'm in capri pants with a tshirt.
I told her I wanted to be comfortable, but she pointed out that I could even go down a size to a 7 and they'd still be too big. I didn't believe her until I looked in the mirror with my new bra on. I guess that one little thing changed everything else.
So I'm thinking I need to go through my clothes and look in the mirror with this new super bra.

That's great Jen, I hate bra shopping, I never can find my size either, I think because it's a common size :dunno:

I just finished vacumming behind the fridge :dead: OH MY GOD there was alot of dust :blush: I also moved some furniture around, now I have to dust the baseboards. I soooo don't want to do that, I hate cleaning baseboards :dead:

well I should get back to cleaning, I just don't know where to start :tearhair:

According to the Dr. office, they think Angelina is hoarse because of the coughing. THey feel it may have to resolve itself. So I'll continue to monitor her and if she gets worse they want me to call so they can see her. The Pediacare definitely seems to be working for her cough, though. :up:

I'm SO TIRED!! Ang woke up a good amount of times last night. I have a headache too...I think it's from me waking up so often. She did pretty good the other day...but today, man I'm hurting. And Alexia has her spring show today. It starts at 8:50 and ends at 10:30 am. Why can't they have these things at night??? Oh well...I guess they wanted it to be the same time her ordinary day of preschool will start. I am excited to go though...it's gonna be so cute! They will be singing outside, and afterwards they have all their artwork displayed that they randomly saved throughout the year, for the parents to look at it. :) She may have to miss gymnastics though. It's at 11:10 and we'll be cutting it real short (unless her thing ends way before 10:30). I'll call them just in case if we don't make it, as they're allowed 2 make-ups.

I want to call for one more estimate for the trees in the yard. We're very happy with the estimate the guy gave us over the weekend, but I'm so thorough I just want one more to be sure I guess. :lol: I'm betting they will charge alot more. This guy that did my parent's trees gave us a great price. He (along with 4 or 5 other guys) will be able to do it by the end of May (2 weeks) and he'll be clearing out ALOT more than what we originally wanted him to do. We have other little trees (looks like they were planted maybe several years ago) and alot of brush...well he's getting rid of EVERYTHING!!!! Our entire yard will be CLEARED!!! Good! We were going to do the brush and all that ourselves, but hey if he'll do it...that's even better! I'm so excited...our yard is gonna look so much bigger!!! I need to take pics. of before and after.

I also need to transfer some money out of our investment account to our checking (for the tree removals). I also need to call some new car insurance places to give me some quotes. If I can do this stuff today, I'll be happy as I've been needing to do it for a while.

That's all I can think of for now. I'm sure I"ll be back later....

Oh Dawn you posted at 4 something in the morning :dead: I hope your headache goes away and Ang lets you catch up on your sleep tonight :bighug:

Are they getting rid of the tree stump too? I've been calling around for quotes and could only get a hold of one guy, what is it with contaractors and only having answering machines and not calling back :tearhair: anyway the one quote I got was $200 to get rid of 2 stumps :faint: we have 5 stumps all together but 2 are right on the fence line...so I called around and I thing we're going to rent a stump grinder, for $158..it's the same machine the tree guy's would be using.. I'm so sick of prepping this yard for the fence!! don't even get me started on trying to find someone to come and dig the GD fence posts :mad: I've called so many contractors and they either don't call back or they come a day later than they promise :rolleyes:

Ok sorry about the rant :blush: need more coffee to steady the nerves :lol:

today my gf got tickets to THE CIRCUS!! (http://www.gardenbrothers.com/) :yippee: I only confirmed things with her last night, Paige has no idea, I am going to keep it a surprise until we get there tonight, she's been asking to go for a while too, should be a blast :) going to head out to the dollar store and see if they have glow in the dark thingies, so we can avoid the over priced concession stand :rolleyes:

Ok again too long..sorry :blush:

Have a great day everyone :wavey:

Caroline was up at 6:30 today (and didn't take a nap yesterday!), so I'm feeling distinctly unmotivated :sleepy: However, I have to take her for a haircut, and we have to stop at BJ's for a few things we forgot last week. How did I not know we were almost out of toilet paper? :scratch:

Well, we're back after a long day. Alexia had her spring show at her school at 9 am. James surprised us and met us there which was nice! Afterwards he went back to work. The show was too cute. Afterwards they had all the artwork from the kids throughout the classroom and outside and they had some refreshments as well. We left sooner than I thought SO we were able to make gymnastics. But I didn't have a change of clothes (she was wearing a dress) so we had to stop home REAL QUICK to change her clothes (and to change Angelina's diaper) and out the door we went and made it there 10 min. early! :up:

I made Alexia and myself lunch and we just got done eating. I'm about to put her in for a nap soon.

Lisa - Yep, you'll see posts from me quite often around 4 or 5 am. :dead: It's usually cuz I just got done with Angelina (feeding her and/or changing her) and I sometimes stay by the computer in case she needs me again or until I know she's sleeping (there's nothing worse than going back to bed and she is crying or cuz her binky fell out, etc.).

Yes, he's grinding the stumps too! :up: We definitely wanted them grinded so our entire yard can be FLAT with no stumps protruding out. The one huge tree also has roots in our yard that are somewhat exposed ABOVE the ground (I hate it!) and he's also gonna grind those roots too! I'm so sorry your having probs with some of them not calling back, etc. I hate that. Before my mom found this guy, she had a person or two that was suppose to come down and give an estimate and they never even showed (never a phone call either to cancel, etc.)! I don't know how or why people do that...not show up, don't call you back. :disbelief: At least your able to rent the stump grinder. It may be a PITA to do it yourself, but at least you'll be saving some bucks. And I hope you find a reliable fence post guy soon!!! I can't believe you haven't gotten a hold of one yet! I hear ya....you just want this to be done and over with so you can go on to doing other things and have the fence completed, etc. and not have to worry about it no more. These trees are holding us up as well. We want to get a playset for Alexia and do other things but we have to wait until our yard gets done.

Have fun at the circus! I'm sure Paige will love it! :)

OK...well I took a break from typing this and both the girls are napping. yah! Now I'm gonna take care of those phone calls I needed to do and I really should get some laundry done. It's starting to pile up again. Ugh!

Ian was awake from about 1 to about 4 last night, so I am dead tired today! I swear I don't know what is up with him. He has not slept through the night consistently EVER! I'm really at the end of my rope. He wakes up and just cries and cries. He's fine if I go in and pick him up, but then he thinks it's play time. I try offering milk and he's usually not interested, so I don't think he's hungry. I try to put him back in the crib, but he just cries and screams! :tearhair: Do you think I should call the ped? I just cried and cried last night. I was so tired! It was awful!

OH! And on top of that, DH comes to bed and the cat had puked on his side of the bed, so I had to change the sheets in the middle of the night. :dead: What fun!

So, today, I got the living room picked up and the kitchen swept. My mother came over for lunch and watched the kids so I could go donate blood. That's about all I'm getting accomplished today. :lol:

:hug99: So sorry Theresa, that your feeling tired too. :blue: So Ian has NEVER slept through, huh? So do you think it's moreso a 'comfort' thing? Does he use a binky? When you get him he's fine and doesn't cry or are there times that he still cries when you get him? Does he ever fall asleep while your holding him when you pick him up to get him or is he all bright eyed and ready to play? Don't mind all the questions, I'm just trying to figure things out in hopes I can try to help you. :) I'm hoping that Angelina doesn't head in that direction when she gets older. I mean, she's not even 6 mos. ...and I shouldn't even be thinking so far ahead like that, but still. Well, Alexia actually started sleeping through the night at about 8 or 8 1/2 mos.

I hope you have a better night tonight!!! :bighug:

:hug99: So sorry Theresa, that your feeling tired too. :blue: So Ian has NEVER slept through, huh? So do you think it's moreso a 'comfort' thing? Does he use a binky? When you get him he's fine and doesn't cry or are there times that he still cries when you get him? Does he ever fall asleep while your holding him when you pick him up to get him or is he all bright eyed and ready to play?
Thanks, Dawn! :hug99:
He does sleep through the night occasionally, but very rarely.
I guess it must be a comfort thing, but sometimes I pick him up and he still screams.
He does use a binky. I make sure there are at least 3-4 in his crib at night, so he can find one if he wakes up.
Sometimes he's fine when I pick him up, sometimes he cries! :dunno:
He usually is still really tired when I pick him up, but for whatever reason doesn't want to sleep.

I swear. I came *this* close to calling the ped's office today. If we have a repeat tonight, I am going to call them tomorrow.

Hi, Ladies!

I haven't posted in a while cuz I was sick. :sick: Feeling much better now, though! :nod:

Anyways, very glad it's Friday. Have to run a few errands today to get gift certificates for people. Also need to keep going with the laundry. I thought the dishwasher was broken, but I think we may just have really hard water and that is what is causing a "film" on the dishes because it even showed up when I washed them by hand, so gonna look into that. Tomorrow going to a birthday party for my best friend's husband--turning 40!--so they're having a cookout. Should be fun! I guess that's about it--have a great weekend ladies!

Oh Theresa, I can only imagine what your going through and how frustrating/annoying/scary it is. :bighug: It definately seems like he is fighting sleep....especially seeing how there's no rhyme or reason (sometimes he's fine when you pick him up and other times he cries). If you call the Dr. , please let us know what they say. How does he nap, Theresa?

Ang woke up about 3 times last night. :dead: Maybe even 4, I just can't remember.

Well, today we're staying in. Looks like it's gonna rain. I'm gonna make some of my chicken noodle soup for a close family friend who's sick and James is gonna drop it off to her later. I need to concentrate on laundry. Did 3 loads last night and there's still alot more to do! I'll probably work on some arts and crafts with Alexia....maybe even work on our ABC book. :) So we'll take it easy and clean up here and there and have some fun with the girls. :) Oh yea, I still need to call some car ins. places for quotes, etc.

It'll be nice if it does rain cuz that means James will be home early. :)
Vicky - glad your feeling better!

:wavey:

I hope to get some more laundry done and hang it out on the line. The weather is beautiful.
Oh yeah and plant the rest of my flowers in the garden.
I need to go get air in my tires. The front ones are low.

Dylan was up a few times last night crying so I am feeling exhausted.
He is 3 and I can almost count the # of times he has slepty peacefully through the night. Most nights I end up with him in his bed just so I can sleep.

Theresa,

Remember Riley was the same way. You know what finally stopped it? Her toddler bed! Once we got her into a toddler bed, she has slept all night every night unless she has to get up to go potty! Who knows what that was all about?

It stormed here all day yesterday so I was very productive since we couldn't go out. On today's list is a couple loads of laundry, and we HAVE to get the boys bunk beds torn apart because the new ones will be here Sunday. If you see me today, ask me if I have their beds cleared off and ready for David to take down! We also have to finish the baby shower gift for the boys' stepmom. I think we have 3-4 pages left to do.

Raining here too, so I'm going to skip my trip to the grocery store for now, maybe go tomorrow afternoon. I'm feeling very Suzy Homemaker though so maybe I'll do a bunch of baking! I want to make a pie, and some biscuits for dinner....

Vicky, Welcome back! :) Glad you're feeling better.

Dawn, He naps fine, usually. He'll sleep from 2-3 hours, pretty consistently.

Stacy, :bighug:

Shel, I'd consider a move, but he still moves around way too much for that.

Anne, Pie! :lick: YUM!

Don't you know that after I posted all that yesterday, Ian slept through the night without a peep last night! :disbelief He only napped for an hour today, so I'm hoping for a repeat tonight! :crossfing

Not doing much today. We had our last MOPS meeting for the year this morning. I'm a little sad because we're losing a lot of great people. :( Oh well. I'm still pretty excited about next year. :) Did the dishes and got the dishwasher going. That's about it. Tomorrow, I'm going to try and get a bunch done. All ambition vibes would be appreciated! :lol:

I am beat today...I don't know what my problem is but I have been dragging all day! I actually put the Wiggles on for Jackson this morning and slept on the couch for an hour while he watched and destroyed my living room. I was woken up by a wooden block being thrown at my head. Ooops! :blush:

Since my nap I have been more productive, but I am still so tired.

I met the woman (Caroline) who I have done some babysitting for this morning for coffee and so I could get paid. We hung out at the coffee house for about a 1/2 hour (Jackson ran wild through that place too, I am sure they were glad to see us go!), then I went to Costco to get diapers and contact solution...I ended up spending $109.59 by the time I walked out of there, but I did get a lot of stuff we will use.

After Costco we met some friends for lunch at a cafe/indoor play area. Jackson had a ball playing with the kids and I had a delicious lunch. We got home a little after 2:00 and he has been sleeping since.

I need to motivate myself soon b/c I have to make a salad for the cookout we are going to tonight and do some laundry...If I get to it, there is clutter that needs to be dealt with in my dining area, but I have no idea what to do with the stuff, so that may have to wait!

Hope everyone has a good weekend...I am hoping to, but it is supposed to rain all weekend...I think this is the 4th or 5th weekend in a row that it has rained here!

:wavey: Hi Stacy! Sorry your dealing with Dylan not sleeping either :hug99:

Anne - yum...what kind of pie are you making? :lick:

Shel - I see your on...do you have the beds cleared off, etc. ;)

Alexia's napping right now and usually Angelina naps too. But she is not wanting to nap at all :tearhair: She's not the best napper anyway, she's a cat napper....20 min. here, 30 min. there, etc. But the best time she naps is the same time Lex naps and it's not happening! Ugh!

It's so cold and wet outside....the perfect day to do nothing! :lol: No seriously, I'm getting things done little by little. james is home cuz it was raining, and he installed the bathroom vanity lights, and put up the hallway light too. I still have to get going on the laundry!

Shel - I see your on...do you have the beds cleared off, etc. ;)
!

Yes :tongue2:

Cleared off the bookshelves on the beds and stripped all the sheets and blankets off. The boys are sleeping on the sleeper sofa tonight :) Did 4 loads of laundry, scrapped 4 pages for the baby shower gift, made lunch, nursed and diapered the baby who knows how many times :) and now I'm working on paying bills :(

I'm not doing anything this weekend but play!

James just ran out to the store. I've decided I want to make drinks tonight (we're making Bailey's...the 'real stuff' is sooo expensive). It's Friday...we deserve it, haven't had a drink in a while, and I'm so drained and at a loss as to what to do about Angelina. :tearhair: She is such a restless sleeper and she takes such short cat naps!!! She napped today from 10:30 - 11 am and that was it!!! It's now 7:45 and she fell asleep maybe 15 min. ago (and even still...she woke up once and I popped her binky in). Since she napped crappy today, I'm worried what kind of night lies ahead of us. So we're gonna chill and I'm gonna enjoy every bit of my Bailey's! :toast: That'll make everything go away! :lol:

You go for it, Dawn!

We got in about 20 minutes ago from dinner. Dylan spent some time with my parents and had a ball.
I really should throw some laundry in.

I worked today and I feel so achy :dead: the house is a disaster :tearhair: I'll have to catch up on cleaning tomorrow.



Mmmmmmmm Bailey's :lick: I'm off to grab myself a glass :bolt:

Mmmmmmmm Bailey's :lick: I'm off to grab myself a glass :bolt:
You go girl! :lol: I enjoyed my 2 cups! :biggrin:

Well, based on the time I'm posting this, you can probably guess what kind of night we had. :blue:

I think she woke up at 11 pm (I fed her), then what seemed to be practically every hour after that. Unbelievable! :disbelief: I got done feeding her....and she's not settling down. So I'm on here until she does so I can go back to bed.... :blue:

:hug99: Dawn!

Oh Dawn, sorry you and Angelina had a rough night :bighug: I hope your able to catch up on some :sleeping: today :crossfing:

I hope your able to catch up on some :sleeping: today :crossfing:
Yes, I am. :) James just left and took the girls out to a few places so that I can catch up on some sleep. I'm heading that way, to my bed, in a couple min. :biggrin:

Ugh Dawn. I feel your pain. I'm glad you might get some sleep after all (I tried that with David, but he went to watch Star Wars. Owen only got me up twice between 11pm and 6 am :rolleyes:

I got some sleep today and just did alot of relaxing (besides cleaning the kitchen and did a load or 2 of laundry). :) Angelina also took a 3 hr. and 25 min. nap! :yippee: I'm crossing my fingers that we'll have a better night tonight. :crossfing:

How's everyone's weekend?

Today is another wet sort of dreary day. I'm making a yummy stew in the CP and it smells so good in here! :lick:

Today James trimmed all the doors and put them back up (we had to take them down when we got new carpeting cuz they needed to be trimmed afterwards to fit). I cleaned them all down and I vacuumed the downstairs too. Gosh, I love this Dyson! Sorry, can't help it. :lol: Did some cleaning up and picking up here and there.... just mostly hangin' out today. :)

Ohhhhhhhh, I'm so tired. Saturday we got a bug about going somewhere and doing something fun, so we took Caroline to Dutch Wonderland, a cool kid-focused amusement park in Pennsylvania. We spent nearly all day there.

Today DH got motivated to pull weeds in the garden while Caroline and I were at the grocery store, so after putting away the groceries we helped with that for a while. Then we played outside with Caroline's friend next door, until the sleep deprivation caught up with her and she was being whiney and argumentative about everything :rolleyes: so we dragged her inside for a quick lunch and nap.

After naptime we got into more gardening, trimming bushes now that all the weeds were gone. My upper thigh muscles are killing me, from a weekend of walking and bending and squatting! Does this get me out of going to the gym tomorrow??? :crossfing

Anne - I remember our parents taking us to Dutch Wonderland when we were little! A trip there with the girls are definitely in order hopefully this summer!

Alexia has preschool today. So you know what that means...Angelina and I sticks around the area and goes shopping for a couple hours until it's time to pick Alexia up :lol: I can't wait, preschool ends June 10th so they'll be no more of this crazy traveling. Her new preschool that she will go to in Sept. is under 15 min. away! :up:

Well, I am so so SO happy. For Angelina, we have started trying Jill's Sleeping Technique (from UB) through the help of Suzi....and OMG.....I am amazed!!!! We started it yesterday and would you believe Little Miss Non-Napper took THREE naps yesterday!!!! It was so easy and it worked so well. Following a routine/schedule also helped too, which we'll be sticking with! :up: She woke up twice in the middle of the night...the first time I fed her, but the 2nd time (3 hrs. later) I knew it was for comfort and that's the night feeding I"m trying to eliminate so I did the technique for that....and it worked!!! 45 min. of 5 in/5 out (she's not much of a screamer crier...more like a whine cry...thank god!) and she was asleep and she's still sleeping 2 hours later from the time she fell asleep at 4:45!!! :yippee: I'm so happy that we're doing this, we were so ready to train her it but it was just a matter of learning about it and getting the help I needed to do it properly (thanks Suzi!). We have her on a set schedule now (something she never had due to her lack of naps, etc.) and plan on following that same/similar pattern each day! :up: Her being on that schedule yesterday was wonderful and worked and today I'm hoping to do the same (even though it may be a little messed up due to us driving to preschool, etc. she won't be able to take one of her naps at home...but we'll deal with it). So if this keeps going like this, she'll get her 3 naps in with a bedtime and a strict routine....I am absolutely thrilled that, so far, this is working so well!

Enough of my babble :lol: So today I would like to do the laundry that I really didn't do over the weekend. I also STILL need to call for car ins. quotes and need to call James' credit union to see about transfering some stuff to them that will make things cheaper interest rate wise (credit card and possibly our car loan too). those are the main things I would like to get done, besides the usual cleaning up around here.

Hope everyone has a great Monday! :biggrin:

It's a holiday today but Tony is scheduled to work :rolleyes: so nothing is on the agenday today, Cass's friend slept over last night, not sure what they have planned today, I'm sure I'll be roped into driving them around. I should be cleaning but not going to :tongue2:


Have a good day everyone!

Scott is home today - not feeling well, so I am not sure what I am going to do. I have been playing on here a while b/c both boys are sleeping on the couch (Jackson is also sick).

I need to do some laundry - Jackson has a stomach bug and I have some puke clothes to take care of. I also need to clean out his high chair - also puke. It is cold and dreary today so I have been trying to think of something to make in the crockpot...I looked through the thread here but I can't find a recipe that I have all the ingredients for, so I may run to the store. I am thinking of taking advantage of Scott being home and working out at some point rather than waiting until tonight.

We had a pretty quiet weekend here.

Ian's been sleeping pretty well the last couple of nights. I'm typing small so I don't jinx it. :lol:

I'm just hanging out at home today. Ellie has some sort of stomach bug, so we're just laying low. I managed to clean my kitchen this morning and will hopefully get to the bathroom this afternoon. I also have some laundry to fold and put away. Have a good day, Everybody! :)

I'm so happy....I'm getting sleep! Angelina's getting sleep! We're ALL getting sleep! :lol: I've started using Jill's sleep technique from UB (with Suzi's help) and it's working WONDERS! It's amazing! Angelina would hardly ever take naps (sometimes one long one when Alexia would nap) but there was never any rhyme or reason. She's been on a schedule that's working since we started using this.....she wakes up at 7 am, goes to bed at 8 pm, with 2 naps (sometimes a third if it's a cat nap) in the day! She only woke up ONCE in the middle of the night at 3 am! :yippee: :banana:

So it's another rainy day here in NJ. :rolleyes: I'm hoping it's raining where James is working so then he'll come home! Either way, I NEED to run to Sam's club for a few things and then the grocery store for Ang's formula. However, the phone guy suppose to come anywhere between 8 am-12 noon to check out the phone...we think it's the outside line cuz there's no dial tone, then yesterday there was dial tone but it was really fuzzy/staticy. So I will have to wait to go out later...whever he comes here (unless James comes home then I can run out).

I want to finish up a couple loads of laundry, mop the kitchen floor and make some more files up...besides my basic regular cleaning.

I hope everyone has a great day!

Nothing happening here; it's raining here too, so we're going to storytime at the library, and today I need to wipe down the bathrooms. I still feel like recuperating from the busy weekend! :sleepy:

:woo: Glad your all getting sleep Dawn! :up:


It's raining here too :down:
I have to go to the lumber store and price out some wood :rolleyes: then stop off at Cass's school because I see she forgot to take her lunch, then I might pop in on my sister and nieces for a coffee. I did some cleaning last night, dumped out my junk and silverware drawers and cleaned the silverware tray and organized both drawers :up:

Have a good one ladies :wavey:

Lisa, I've been meaning to ask you for a while. Why are you boycotting China?

I'm happy to say that Ellie seems better today. I thought we would try and go to Bible Study this morning. Big mistake. We got almost to the church and she puked all over herself. :dead: So, we turned around and came home. She's been asking for food and is a lot more active today, so I'm taking those as good signs. Hopefully, this will be over soon. :pray:

So far, today, I've got the dishes done and the kitchen floor swept and washed and 2 loads of laundry going. I have more laundry to do and I also want to get the living room picked up and vacuumed. I also have a meeting at church tonight!

I hope you all have a good day! :)

Lisa, I've been meaning to ask you for a while. Why are you boycotting China?



Click on my siggy pic and it takes you to a site that explains better than I can :awink: One main thing is they make just about everysingle thing which takes jobs from north american workers( totally undercutting the price!!) and the human rights re: baby girls that get thrown away basically..just to name a couple :)

I am trying hard to not buy things made in China but man it's so hard!

Ok off my soapbox..:blush: I just got back from the lumber store, I hate those stores! I am going to have a heart attack from the prices they were giving me :faint: this fence is never going to be built this summer, I just know it :mope:

well I'm off again to the library and return video's..when I get back I have a TON of laundry to put away and clean both bathrooms :dead:

:wavey:

Ugh....I'm getting sick.
I thought it was just an extended hang over after my birthday night out Saturday, then I thought maybe it was allergies, but it's just plain ol' sick. I feel miserable.

Dh is being an :booty: yet again. He's gone at yet another military training until Thursday. He behaves so differently when he's gone it's baffling.

I have to take over coaching little league by myself again and WHILE SICK. Last night was Lily's birthday and I didn't want to not do our family tradition just because Dh is out of town. So we went to the McDonalds Playland with some friends for dinner. We always let the kids pick where they want to eat out on their birthday.

Today I am doing chores around the house and taking Liam to preschool. I have to watch the neighbor kids for an hour later this afternoon. Not too exciting of a day.

It is raining here too :dead: and it is windy and only 42 degrees! I thought it was May!

So, today, I took Jackson to open swim at the Y since it is so yucky out and we can't play outside. He had a great time swimming, he loves the water. After the Y we went to Baja Fresh for lunch, then the bank. Now we are home and he is sleeping.

I have some general cleaning and decluttering to do today but that is about it. I am so tempted to get back in bed and take a nap...perfect weather for it!

Baja Fresh for lunch
How is this place? I've never heard of it before, until we moved a couple mos. ago. We're 5 min. from one...and around lunch time it smells so yummy! I want to try it one day. :)

Why am I sitting on my :moon2:?? I need to get cleaning this house :tearhair:

How is this place? I've never heard of it before, until we moved a couple mos. ago. We're 5 min. from one...and around lunch time it smells so yummy! I want to try it one day. :)

Well, as I seem to be all about Mexican food lately, it is my new favorite place! I think it is really good. My favorite thing, which I got today, is the grilled veggie burrito. The have good guac, and really good salsas. Jackson got a kids meal which was a cheese quesadilla (there were other choices), rice, applesauce, and a milk. My only beef is that it is kind of pricey for the type of place it is...our 2 lunches came to $11.00...not ridiculously expensive, but I guess I am spoiled. Where we used to live (closer to Boston) there were a lot of more authentic Taqaria-type places with the same kind of food but dirt cheap!

Thanks Michele. :) I think I'll pop in there one day and have lunch with the girls (well, with Alexia since Angelina is too little ;) ). OR maybe even we'll go there for a dinner or something with DH. I LOVE Mexican food too! Where we use to live there was an excellent authentic mexican place, like the place you mentioned in your post, and for dirt cheap!!!! Reading the receipt you could swear they messed up! :lol:

OK...both girls are still napping and I should really finish doing stuff around here. No motivation....it's such a lazy day with this wet and dreariness outside!!! I desperately need to go to the grocery store and Sam's Club when they get up. I think I'll wait until James gets home (he'll be home around 3:30) so I can run out by myself or just take Alexia with me. :)

:yippee: I'm so happy....the tree guy called us today (well, I should actually say 'yesterday') and our trees are getting taken down today! :yippee: I thought it wouldn't be for another week! They are getting here between 8:30-9 am, but I won't be here cuz Alexia has preschool. You know, do the usual....go to stores and shop with Ang to pass time until 11:30 comes around and we'll pick Alexia up and go back home. We should be home by 12:15 and I'm sure by then they would have taken at least one of the huge trees out. We have some roots exposed too, and they'll be grinding them out as well!

I never made it to Sam's Club. I will try to go there today. Now that the trees are getting done (sooner than we expected!) I have to make sure there's some playsets still available at Sam's Club. :crossfing: I'm worried of them being sold out. I also need to get some lime for the lawn...he suggested us getting it for the ants. We have some anthills in the yard, well, actually a pretty good amount of them....and he says it's cuz they're feeding off the exposed root from the tree. That's their source for food. Once they grind everything out and stuff he said to pour lime (the lawn treatment stuff) all over and it'll kill them! Then James wants to rent some tool to dig up the dirt and stuff so we can start fresh and new and plant new grass seed, etc.

I need to take pics of what our yard looks like now and when they're done. It's going to look so much bigger! :up: I sorta wish I was home to watch...I love watching stuff like this being done. :crazy:

Yay for the tree guy coming sooner than expected Dawn :yippee:

:crossfing: hopefully Sam's still has plenty of playsets :)

not much on the agenda today, gotta take Cass to her last doc appointment this morning :up: then come home and start more calls re the backyard nightmare :rolleyes: Tony called around to some other stores for pricing and we're both still reeling from the prices :faint:

I did clean the bathrooms and vacume yesterday, but I need to do some knick knack cleaning/tossing today and the general cleaning, gotta go to work tonight :dead:

:morning:
I MUST MUST MUST go and workout this AM. It has been far too long and I am feeling gross. I am so not happy with my body and I refuse to wear shorts until I tone or lose some weight. It doesn't help that it's that time of the month either. :mope: Since last summer I have gained about 15 lbs. I was about 110 when my brother got married last June and I am about 125 now.
I will also do laundry today and hopefully go through more stuff for our garage sale in a few weeks.
Dylan is at daycare all day so I really don't have any excuse. :cool:
I may go by WalMart as well and see if they have the sewing machine I want in.
It's only a very simple cheap one, nothing like thevery cool one Bretta has.
I am really procrastinating by being on here.

Well my day started off just lovely! :rolleyes: I faced rush hour traffic getting to Cass's doc appointment only to be told it's not until July 13!??? http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/mad.gif this office is so fook ed up! they have messed up 3 appointments already, I nearly lost it on the girl!! so back into rush hour traffic to get Cass to school and again to come home http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/tearhair1.gif and while I was gone the idiot that never called us back last week to do the fence post called and dh is letting him come and estimate the job today http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/mad.gif I would have told him to kiss my http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/moon2.gif I really really need a coffee!!

Oh, Lisa--what a way to start the day! I don't know about you, but when my day STARTS like that, it kinda throws the whole rest of the day off, too. Hope everything goes more smoothly and the fence post guy gives a really cheap estimate! :crossfing

Oh, gotta run--little guy waking up from his nap--will write more later!

Dawn, Awesome news! :yippee:

Lisa, :hug99: I hope your day improves!

Vicky, Great weather we're having, huh? :dead:

Not much planned for today. Ellie I *think* may be over the hump with her stomach bug. She actually ate 1/2 a bagel and some Pedialyte this morning and has kept it down. *Knock on wood* She's pretty much been sleeping, which is good. Her body is fighting whatever it has.

I do want to get the slip cover from the couch washed. That's about it. Ambitious, huh? :lol:

Ugh!!--Sam has been sick with a cold since Monday night, and when I tried to put him down for a nap about 45 min. ago, he just kept screaming and crying. I went in to comfort him, but rubbing his belly didn't work, so I picked him up out of his crib, and usually he calms down within a couple of minutes if I do that, but MAN--HE JUST KEPT GOING!! After about 20 min. of walking him around the house and shushing, he started to calm down, and then I gave him a bottle (a little early but I figure if I could get him down for a nap afterward I don't want him waking up after 30 min. because he's hungry). He fell asleep while drinking, but of course woke up as I trudged upstairs with him to his room. I put him down and he started crying again, but it only lasted a couple of minutes cuz he is now REALLY tired. I really hope he will sleep for a couple of hours and feel much more "refreshed" after. Ever since that mega crying episode I'm thinking of calling the doc in case he has an ear infection, although he hasn't been pulling at his ear or anything. Think I'll call dh and see what he thinks--maybe I'll just wait and see how Sam is when he wakes up from his nap.

So, I got the bed made and a load of laundry folded so far today, and that's about it. I am making no other plans other than taking care of the little guy today. Hope this clears up soon, and may you all have a calm day.... :updown:

Another rainy, cold, dreary day for us. I am so over this!

This morning I took Jackson to Kindermusik, then we stayed and did open play afterwards...we only lasted about an hour b/c there were about 100 kids in an area designed for about 20 kids...chaotic! I guess everyone had the same idea today.

We got home, Jackson had lunch and is down for an early nap. I am hoping he'll sleep until 3:30 or so, then we'll run to the grocery store.

I need to be productive today but I am procrastinating a little longer. I am having a playgroup here tomorrow, so I need to clean and get ready for that. I also need to decide if I am going to make something for lunch or if we'll just order out...hmmmm...big decisions!

It's gorgeous sunny here today, but I'm going to be stuck inside doing projects since we went to the park all day yesterday.

Today I have to help the boys pack their summer clothes up for their dads house, take them to buy tennis shoes and finish the scrapbook for a baby gift. Pages are done they just need to be inserted into the album in order. I also need to stick in a couple loads of laundry and clean up my office. Owen and Riley kept me up most of the night so I'm dragging, but I have no time for napping today.

It's going to be an incredible day...84 and sunny.

I'm still feeling like crap though. This cold thing is still hanging on.
Dh(dickhead!) is still behaving like a 12 year old throwing a temper tantrum. Things are definitely getting worse, not better.

I decided I'm going to treat myself to an old navy shopping trip, then go get groceries for my field trip to the zoo tomorrow with Austin's class, then sit in the sun and do NOTHING all day.

I'm not sure that I'm going to answer my cell phone when Dh calls today. I just DON'T want to deal with him!! To make matters worse he canceled our much needed marriage counseling appt tomorrow. Apparently our marriage isn't worth the $200.

I'm sorry, Jen. :sadhug:

No tree guy today :blue: He called 7:45 this morn. to say they're not coming cuz of the rain....and it's still raining. yuck..when will this end?! James came home too today since it's raining! :biggrin: The tree guy and his people will be here tomorrow, weather permitting, of course.

Lisa - So sorry about this fence situation your in. I hope something gets resolved with it soon. I'm sure by now you'll do anything just to have the darn thing put up already! :hug99: Oooh, I would of been fuming at the Dr. office too! :mad:

Stacy - :hug99:

Theresa - :hug99: I hope Ellie feels 100% better soon. It's no fun when they're so sick. :blue:

Vicky - I hope Sam is fine and it's nothing other than him being overtired or something. :hug99:

Shel & Jen - :tongue2: to your nice weather! Jen, I'm so sorry DH is still being an a$$!!! You just need to give him a couple of these: :fryingpan: :colfish:
You have fun on your shopping spree!!! :) Why did Dh cancel your apt. for tomorrow ? Did he at least reschedule???

:wavey: Hi everyone!

:hug99: for everyone who is having a rough time right now :(

I managed to get 4 loads of wash done - 3 of which have been hung out to dry - just waiting for the jeans to finish drying, so I can hang out the last load. I have a crappy square clothesline thing... need to get Dh's :booty: in gear and get him to put in a clothesline post at the end of the yard - so I can hang out more clothes at once and they will dry faster too. He is off this weekend and the weather is going to be great --- ;)

I love taking the daycare kids outside to play... I can get my laundry hung out, pull dandelions out of the lawn (since we dont use pesticides in our grass with the kids playing out there almost daily), clean out my van, wash the van, paint the outdoor furniture, etc etc... much better than being indoors, listening to 5 kids under 4yrs old argue, fuss and carry on :crazy: :lol:

Well, Ellie threw up again about 2 hours ago. :bawl: She is just not feeling good. I called the ped and they said that if she's not better tomorrow to call back. I just want my little girl back! :cry:

:gossip: Remind of that next week when she's feeling well and is fighting with her brother and whining again! :lol:

Dawn: his reasoning was he that didn't want to pay out of pocket and have to wait to be reimbursed by our insurance. I think he's just scared of going to marriage counseling. Last time we went he came up with a million excuses why there was something wrong with the marriage counselor. She was a woman. Then one was pregnant. Then one was biased towards me. This time we're seeing a man. I insisted on it. Then he can't complain.
He had the nerve to call me an hour or so ago and act like nothing was wrong. He tried to act all concerned that I'm not feeling well and ask about my day. It just made me even more upset.

Theresa - I hope Ellie feels better soon! :blue:

Jen - Great idea on seeing a male counselor so that DH can have NOTHING to say!!! Good luck, and I hope you guys get rescheduled in very soon!

Well, the tree guy called and they are on their way! :woo: I just hope the rain holds out! :crossfing: Alexia has gymnastics class today, and besides that I want to try to run out and buy magnetic paint. Home Depots don't carry it and there's a teacher supply store by me that I'm hoping they have it! Once we put that on the wall in the basement, then we can do the chalkboard paint and we'll be that much more closer in finishing the basement. I think we're gonna call to get the carpet installed tomorrow. Hoping they can do it by next week!!!

Well, today's gonna be a crazy day with me running around to a couple places and the guys clearing out our yard. If I can pick up here and there around the house, I'll be happy. :) Have a great day everyone!

We actually have nothing happening today! :woo: Yesterday was Caroline's last day of preschool, so today we're just relaxing. It's finally not raining, so I think we're just going to spend a ton of time outside. I already rounded up and took out all the trash for trash day today, including the bag of newspaper for recycling. I can do a load of laundry, and maybe I'll make something for dessert. (I'm completely PMSing so eating everything that's not nailed down....)

Theresa, I hope Ellie is starting to feel better.

Good luck with the yard stuff, Dawn--I'm sure it will be great to start getting the yard the way you want it.

Speaking of yards...dh has been working really hard on ours for weeks now, and it is slowly but surely starting to improve. He's now convinced that we have moles (and I think he's right--lots of "spongy" spots in the yard where we think their tunnels are), so he's looking into getting some traps. I told him that he would have to be the one to "empty" them if he catches anything--yuck!

Well, Sam's cold is still hangin' on. It is disrupting his schedule to a certain extent. Fortunately, he is still sleeping through the night pretty well, but during the day he gets more tired and therefore more cranky. His naps aren't as long either since he is snuffly and I think that wakes him up. So, his first nap today was only 45 min instead of the 1-1.5 hours it normally is. He is now taking nap #2, and I hope it lasts a good 2 hours, but we'll see. I have to go to either the grocery store or walmart later for drano (kitchen sink is clogged--should probably get one of those snake things to clear the drain, too--how I wish I had a garbage disposal again...), large plastic zip-loc bags, and pediacare for Sam. Other than that, just some laundry, dishes (can't run the dishwasher 'til the sink drain is cleared cuz we have a portable dishwasher), and dh and I really have to get going again on our bathroom overhaul. At some point I should really remove the cabinet doors and sand them so we can prime and paint them. Have a great day, Ladies!

Hi everyone! I hope everyone's day is going well.

OMG! My house is destroyed! I just had 4 19-23 month olds running wild through it. There is not one room that is the same as it was before they got here. It was wild!

I had WAY too much coffee today and I am flying! I need to use this energy for something, but mentally I am exhausted! I need to do some damage control around the house, but I just don't have it in me at the moment.

Well, the tree guys have been working for 4 1/2 hours and they are almost done! They are doing such a WONDERFUL job! Our yard looks so much bigger!!! Now we have to see about getting a higher fence as you can see the houses in back of us now. :lol:

We just went to gymnastics and the bank. I'm not getting alot done, as it's so fun watching them do their thing from the window (especially when they were up in the bucket truck cutting the trees way up high (these were really big, tall maple trees). I'm so happy that Angelina is on her 2nd nap today....and the chain saws and the chipper is going off right by her window, too! She's still sleeping! :up: This sleep training is going so well, and I know it's only going to get even better too. :)

Well, that's it. Just wanted to check in....

Vicky - We bought something from BJ's yesterday. From Ortho something or other. It's a 25 bag of whatever....it kills ants, moles and lots of other bugs. It also kills it under the ground too. We got it cause we have a lot of little ant hills in the yard...they are attracted to the exposed roots from the trees (the tree pple are also going to grind down those roots as well!). You put the stuff on according to the directions (although I put alot more than it said to!) and then hose it afterwards. Maybe give that a try. ?? Sorry Sam has a cold. Hope he feels better soon!

Michele - Ouch on your house!!! I feel like a mean Aunt saying this, but I sometimes hate it when Lexie's cousins come over and they destroy things!!! Ugh! And it doesn't help matters any when their mother (my sister/s) don't say anything! :rolleyes: I feel like I'm the mother of their kids too, when they're over here! I can't wait until her playroom is done in the basement, however I'm not gonna like it when the cousin's come over. Maybe they'll just play outside all the time. :lol: Maybe I'm just spoiled with Alexia...she always cleans up her stuff when she's done with something.

OMG!--today has been absolute HELL! I made an appointment for Sam to see the ped at 5:45 because he has just been insane--crying/screaming just about all day. I feel like I did when he was colicky--so mentally and emotionally exhausted. I just put him down for a nap, and he's squirming all around in his crib and fussing. I'm thinking it's gotta be something besides a cold for him to be acting like THIS. I am wondering if he has an ear infection too even though he hasn't been pulling at his ear. I keep watching the clock trying to will time into going faster so the doc can see him. I plan on sleeping like a rock tonight if Sam continues to make it through the whole night without having issues. Wish me luck!

Our day totally changed. :doh: I discovered a cut on Caroline's hand that had gotten infected, so I called the pediatrician. They could see us right away, so dashed down there. She gave us an antibiotic prescription, so I get to Target only to discover that I left my insurance cards at home when I changed purses. Had to drive 15 minutes home to get the cards and then 15 minutes back to Target. Get the prescription, come home precisely at nap time so start hauling Caroline inside. Just then her little friend from next door comes barrelling out demanding to play with Caroline, so we spent about an hour out back on the playset. When I finally did get Caroline inside an hour and fifteen minutes past her normal naptime, she was into "second wind" territory so is not napping. I have her confined to the couch for quiet time watching Shrek, while I attempt to banish a horrible headache. And I'm making sugared pecans for dessert!

Enjoy the pecans. They never last at our house!


Vicki - I hope Sam feels better soon.

Today was errand day. Took the boys for haircuts, took Kaleb to band, took them both for new shoes etc. Now I really need to straighten my office, but I don't want to. I am down one kid though, as Riley insisted on staying at Papaw's house last night :up:

Oh Vicky,poor Sam, hope the doc has some answers for you :crossfing:

I worked today and I am so :dead: tired, no energy at all right now..dh better figure out what we're having for supper or I'm grabbing a bowl of cereal and calling it a day :dead:

Vicky, How did Sam make out at the ped's?

I'm happy to say that Ellie seems to be getting over whatever she had. She was up and playing a little today and she's been eating all day. I hope this is the end of it. :pray:

I didn't get anything done around the house today. Well, I did get the dishes done and the family room picked up so I guess that's something.

Have a good night, All! :wavey:

I didn't get anything done around the house today.
We had a playdate this AM and then we bought Dylan a new bike.
There was no nap in our house this afternoon.
Dylan did however pee and poop on the toilet today by himself. I had him in underwear and he was hiding in Rick's armoir like he always does. All of the sudden he runs out "PEE! PEE!" :woo: It's a step in the right direction. I really just need to stick him in underwear and go for it.

Tomorrow I will work out first thing in the morning and then laundry the rest of the day.

WTG, Dylan! :rahrah:

Vicky and Anne - So sorry you had awful days! :bighug: Hope today is better for you girls! :)


Theresa - So glad that Ellie's bug is gone!! :up:

Stacy - Go Dylan!!!!

OK....I really have ALOT to do today it's not even funny. So if anyone sees me logged on for more than 5 min. at a time......tell me to get off and do what I have to do!!!!!

Well, the 5 tree guys were here for 8 hrs. yesterday!!! What a job! About 5 hrs. was spent on cutting them down and the rest of the 3 was stump grinding, root grinding and clean up! They did a FANTASTIC job!!!! We are so happy... Our yard is so sunny and big...and well, now we just need to get fencing all around (some parts are chain links from our neighbors on the left and right and a part in the back is chain link and half is stockade. All the fencing we have is from other pple's fences...not our own. So we're gonna get our own fencing all around, and for privacy too! :up: So I need to call town hall and first find out any requirements, zoning, etc. We also need to get ALOT of topsoil delivered and we're going to regrade our yard. We're gonna have alot of sink holes due to all the grinding, etc. so we need to do that and then we're gonna put grass seeds on and start from scratch basically.

Now that Angelina is on a set schedule (and it's working, too!) I have to be careful when I go out. If I can help it I rather her nap in her cribs than anywhere else (car). She goes in for her morn. nap at 9 am and I'm thinking we'll go out after she wakes up. When we go out I have to:

- Go to the teacher supply store and buy magnet paint
- Go to Home Depot and 1) price fencing and 2) put an order in for them to install the carpet in the basement!
- Go to the grocery store to buy cream cheese, that I forgot to buy when I was there the other day, to make a recipe.

In the meantime I need to clean & straighten up this place!!!! I do not want to be cleaning up this weekend, that's for sure.
- Make my bed, clean my room. For some reason a bunch of the kids stuff found their way in there!
- Vacuum
- Write out and mail check for Alexia's summer camp! I may need to write out other bills too.
- After I clean the kitchen I need to sweep and then mop it.
- Laundry!!
- Move the crib in the spare/computer room to another wall.

Well, let me go and check the weather so I know how to dress the girls! :)

Have a great day everyone!

I hope everyone is having a good Friday. I am sick. :blue: I have the puking bug and was up puking for 2 hours last night it was nasty! Scott HAD to go to work today so my day has consisted of laying on the couch replaying my Tivo-ed episodes of the Wiggles for Jackson one by one. Poor kid! I just had a banana and some saltines so I am feeling a little better.

Needless today no cleaning will be done here today!

I feel horrible b/c I had playgroup here yesterday, I hope everyone doesn't get sick!

Oh Michelle, sorry your sick :bighug: feel better soon.

Just got back from grocery shopping, had lunch etc going to be leaving soon to take Paige to see Madagascar this afternoon, I already bought the tickets,I'm expecting it to be PACKED! so I wanted to avoid dissapointment incase they sold out, just have to pack some snacks to sneak in for myself :devil: I'll be buying P the popcorn, that will be what, $10 for a tiny drink and itty bitty bag of popcorn?? :rolleyes: no way I can afford to have anything myself :lol:

dh is going to work night tonight so I might be doing some power cleaning tonight, I'm looking around right now and sooooo much stuff needs to be put away/tossed out :tearhair:

have a great day everyone :wavey:

Feel better, Michelle! :hug99:

:justahug: Feel better, Michelle.
Last night I left Dylan at the ILs and went to find him summer jammies. They are impossible to find. He doesn't fit into 5T anymore from Old Navy and they don't have any boys jammies. :silly: I looked everywhere. I finally settled with some from The Gap. Even there I only found 2 pair in his size.
Speaking of ON, I now have to shop in the boys section. No more toddler/preschool little boy area. :mope:
I worked out this AM and I feel great!
Rick took me out for lunch again. :lick:
I should go and lay down before it's time to get Dylan.
My throat is starting to hurt. :(

Michelle, feel better. I had that twice this year and it's NOT FUN! :blue:

Stacy....wow, what a big boy Dylan is becoming! :)

- Go to the teacher supply store and buy magnet paint DONE! Although, the lady thought I had 3 heads. I give up on trying to find it and am going to order the stuff online today. :)
- Go to Home Depot and 1) price fencing DONE! and 2) put an order in for them to install the carpet in the basement! DONE!
- Go to the grocery store to buy cream cheese, that I forgot to buy when I was there the other day, to make a recipe. Nope...never got the chance to go. :blue:

- Make my bed, clean my room. For some reason a bunch of the kids stuff found their way in there! DONE!
- Vacuum DONE!
- Write out and mail check for Alexia's summer camp! I may need to write out other bills too. DONE!
- After I clean the kitchen I need to sweep and then mop it. Nope, maybe later or tomorrow.
- Laundry!! Done, in the process still actually. :)
- Move the crib in the spare/computer room to another wall. DONE!



I got ALOT done today. We also went to the post office to mail the bills and to buy stamps, to the bank so I can get a new debit card (the magnet strip wasn't working due to my cell phone being by it by accident), treated Alexia out to McDonalds, Home Depot to price fencing and order the carpet install for basement, and then to the teacher store but they didn't have what we were looking for. We were out for a good part of the day today. I'm glad I'm home, that's for sure!

Have a great weekend everyone! :wavey:

I got ALOT done today. We also went to the post office to mail the bills and to buy stamps, to the bank so I can get a new debit card (the magnet strip wasn't working due to my cell phone being by it by accident), treated Alexia out to McDonalds, Home Depot to price fencing and order the carpet install for basement, and then to the teacher store but they didn't have what we were looking for. We were out for a good part of the day today. I'm glad I'm home, that's for sure!

Have a great weekend everyone! :wavey:

Ok, I'm jealous. I didn't get much accomplished today. It's only 2:43pm here, so I still have a chance. I took the kids for a picnic and playdate at the park. Then picked up some catering supplies ont he way home. Otherwise, I've been useless.
I'm so proud of you Dawn!! I'm just lacking in motivation when its 94 out and Dh is STILL being a pain in the :booty:

Hey, Ladies!

Hope you're feeling better very soon, Michelle!

I actually had a pretty good day today. When I brought Sam to the doctor yesterday he said it is just a cold--no ear infection (thank goodness!)--and to just wait it out. I can tell Sam is feeling much better today, too--napping much better and way less fussy. :thumbsup: Didn't do all that much today--ran the dishwasher, picked up our bedroom, washed folded and put away some laundry, washed the windows in our office on the inside and threw out the ugly curtains and blinds the previous owners left behind, and took a quick trip to the library to get a book. I'm hoping this weekend dh and I will get a chance to work on our bathroom, but we'll see. Thanks for all the nice thoughts, Ladies, and have a great weekend!

I'm so proud of you Dawn!!
Awe, thank you Jen! :biggrin:



I'm just lacking in motivation when its 94 out and Dh is STILL being a pain in the :booty:
:bighug: Sorry about DH being a butthead! :colfish: :lol:

Good Morning all! Let's see where to start, ok I am a SAHM during the day and work at night to make some extra money so we can get a bigger house. I have 4 kids and the eldest will be a teen at the end of June and boy this is ten times worse than terrible twos!:silly: I am so ready for the summer to start we can all just relax again!:woo:My dd will be 4 and b/c of her kidney surgery she is having a tough defiant time potty training. Ok will post more later, need to go back and read the very 1st post again so I can answer more questions.:read:

Good Morning all! Let's see where to start, ok I am a SAHM during the day and work at night to make some extra money so we can get a bigger house. I have 4 kids and the eldest will be a teen at the end of June and boy this is ten times worse than terrible twos!:silly: I am so ready for the summer to start we can all just relax again!:woo:My dd will be 4 and b/c of her kidney surgery she is having a tough defiant time potty training. Ok will post more later, need to go back and read the very 1st post again so I can answer more questions.:read:

Hi again! Glad to see ya here! :wavey:
Looks like we'll be seeing each other alot in the SAHM forums (here, particularly) & the Gymbo threads as well! :lol: Welcome! Your gonna enjoy it over here! :biggrin:

Okay why didn't I know this little group existed??? Going to jump in!!

I am a SAHM to Lauren who turned 2 March 31. We are living in Dublin, Ireland for the summer for the 3rd year in a row now and I have a LOT more internet time over here!! ;)

Haven't done much today.. DH will be home from his trip about 7pm and its pushing 4pm here now so I should get my butt in gear!! Hard when Lauren is in dreamland and I am lacking ANY motivation!

:wavey: Welcome, Dori! This SAMH group journal is great...for vents, for advice, motivation, and anything else!

Lauren shares a birthday with one of my sisters! :)

:welcome: Gymboreegirl! Glad to have you! How old are all your kids?

:welcome: Dori! Glad to have you, too! Lauren shares my father's birthday! :cool: Why are you in Ireland for the summers?

Boy, I'm being a nosey Nellie today! :crazy: :lol:

:sleepy: I am so tired today. Dylan didn't sleep well. Also I was up before 6am and out of the house by 7am to hit the garage sales. We made it to about 14 or so before 10AM. We hit the mall after that 'cause it started raining.

Dylan and I had a wonderfrul nap this afternoon. :woo:

I went to get a photo inspection done this morning on my car (I switched my car ins. over to Geico), stopped at the grocery store and then to pick up subs for lunch. I took the girls with me since it was so beautiful outside. James was doing some misc. stuff in the basement...finishing things up here and there before it gets carpeted. Right now both girls are still napping, James is in the basement still....and I'm up and down between helping him, doing laundry and checking in on here. :lol:

:wavey: Gymboreegirl! & Dori

Totally unproductive day here :dead: took the girls to Concession Street, window shopped for a bit, bought some treats, took a trip to the library, turns out the book that I thought was lost was there the whole time :woo:
just finished eating supper early, dh is going to the coffee shop to get us a coffee before heading off to work..I doubt I'll get any cleaning done tonight, I straighten up a bit maybe but no heavy duty cleaning.

hope everyone is having a great weekend :wavey:

Dh and I had a pretty productive day. Got to get a little extra sleep, and during Sam's long nap this afternoon, we got a lot done in our back yard. The previous owners had so much large pieces of junk back there that they left behind. There was a rusty old swingset that they didn't take down because they said it was cemented into the ground. Yes, there was a bit of cement on two of the SIX poles in the ground, and it took dh and I an hour to take it down and bring the pieces out to the curb for removal. They also had two fairly vicious dogs that they had penned in with some wire fencing, etc. that we hauled out to the curb along with the astroturf outdoor carpet stuff they had put down in that area. They also had a small kiddie pool that they must have used for a sandbox that weighed a TON. Dh put the sand at the end of our dirt driveway where it tends to get muddy when it rains, and then that got hauled to the curb, too. Oh, and we put up a new mailbox--the kind that attaches to the house itself and got rid of the super-ugly falling apart stand-up mailbox the previous owners also had. Come to find out, bumblebees were making a home in that, and when the mailbox was gone, they kept flying to where it used to stand looking desperately for their old home. Hehehe! Oh, and for those of you who saw Toy Story 2, I think the kids who used to live here must have been related to "Sid" because it is like the small plastic toy graveyard in our back yard, too. :lol: Overall, it felt really good to get rid of all that trash!

Hope you're having a great weekend, Ladies!

Dawn, You should change your profile line to "I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance!" :lol2:

Vicky, Go you for getting so much done! :clap:

DH and I went to see Star Wars III today! What an awesome movie!! I've always loved those movies and this was a great way to end everything and tie it all together. And Hayden Christiensen is YUMMY! :pant:

I was just checking in to see what post # we were at since Angelina woke up and just wanted to come by here, too. Theresa, how funny.....I just now changed my profile line to "She 6 mos. old already!" and I think I will change it to the Geico thingie....good idea! :aok: :lol: How appropriate! :lol:

Thanks for the warm welcome ladies!!
We spend our summers in Ireland because DH is a pilot and he chooses his base over here in the summer. We do it because he is home every night and in the states he works week on/week off.. so he is home for a full week and then gone for a full week so he gets to spend a lot more time with Lauren. I am thinking I won't be doing it next summer.. I enjoy it but I am missing my summers and hate leaving my family.. we will see.
Well I have been semi-productive today, better than yesterday. Jamie had a 6 o'clock show this morning and Lauren woke him up at 5:15 this morning.. oops. He said he must have forgotten to turn his alarm clock on. Lauren went right back to sleep and we slept until 8am. Pretty good!! So Jamie will get home about 4pm and we have to go the grocery store and find her a booster seat for the kitchen table somewhere. I have changed the sheets on all the beds today and have done 2 loads of laundry.. I need to clean the floors.. they are all hardwoods and are a PAIN to keep clean!

Oh, and for those of you who saw Toy Story 2, I think the kids who used to live here must have been related to "Sid" because it is like the small plastic toy graveyard in our back yard, too. :lol:

Vicky good thing it was the kid who used to live there and not the neighbour kids :lol:
Wow you all are getting so much done this weekend I feel so lazy! :blush: dh is sleeping off his night shift so I can't do too much, I did vacume last night, I really really really need to tackle the laundry room, we use it for storage as well and it looks so messy :tearhair:
not much on the agenda today, gotta go exchange some pants and pick Cass up from her friends house maybe pop in on my sister and nieces for a coffee :)

:wavey:

Well I have a couple hours before I have to leave so I thought I would tackle the basement http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/errr.gif I'm getting all the stuff in a pile for a garage sale later this summer, so far I've got a HUGE pile http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/lol.gif

dh has made a mess of the basement from when he said he was going to finish it off :rolleyes:..he started, got what he wanted done ( door to the work/utility area) and left it as is ..tools wood screws laying all over the floor http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/furious.gif I hate that he starts projects and never finishes them, wish we could afford to have someone come in and do it! http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/tearhair1.gif


well as soon as I'm done this coffee I'm heading back down..wish me luck http://66.179.206.112/forums/images/smilies/lol.gif

Lisa...I had to laugh cuz DH is the opposite. He ALWAYS finishes projects, but once he's on a roll, sometimes it's hard to get him to stop! :lol: Like, with the basement....it's finally finished ( :woo: ) and let me tell ya, he would not hesitate skipping dinner and drilling screws in 10 pm at night! :disbelief:

Today we went in the yard with Alexia a couple times, she was wanting to ride her Barbie jeep. It was gorgeous out! :sunny: Also, I did so much laundry today...so much, that I'm all caught up with everything! There's a seldom moment that that happens. :lol: It won't be before too long that I'll be needing to do it again. Oh, we also measured how much fencing we will need....so we can get an idea of the cost. Now to have a couple pple come down and give us estimates to install it. I already have the prices of the fences.

We tied some odds and ends up in the basement. We measured and taped off the area where the chalkboard is going in the playroom. James is a perfectionist and decided to redo a couple things (respackled in some spots, etc.) so that ended up in him having to sand, wet sponge and repaint any of those areas. We're all done...with the exception of the carpet being installed, the chair molding in the playroom, the border in the playroom and last but not least the crown molding around the entire perimeter (saving that for last, that's the hardest). So all that stuff can be done after the carpet is installed. Oh, and of course the chalkboard we need to do...but that can't be done yet as I'm waiting for the magnetic paint to come in first. :biggrin:

My parents were suppose to come down today but they're gonna come down next Sun. instead. They really wanted to clear out their garage. They have so much stuff in there that they're going thru it all and getting rid of, donating, etc. I'm glad cuz they really needed to do that.

Well, I guess that's it. Hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend! I know I am. We're having so much fun hanging out all together...the 4 of us. :biggrin:

Dawn, think you could spare him for a month? hell even a week :lol:


What a day from hell I had, they closed a major road today and I was stuck in traffic all morning :tearhair: I was so exhausted by the time I came home :dead: I did manage to clean the one bathroom( except the floor) and vacume living room and kitchen,just finished giving P a bath,waiting for her to get to be so I can grab a glass of Bailey's and veg on the couch :)

Oh yum Lisa, I'll come over for some Bailey's too! ;) James went out with Alexia, and when he gets back I may have him make some. :lick: Hey, it's memorial day weekend...why not, right? :lol: Oh yea, you guys don't have memorial day, right?

Lisa, :bighug: awe...how I would love to spare him, but it's bad enough as good a worker as he is, it took him almost 3 mos. to complete it (of course it was on and off, and with him working crazy hours, he had to stop and continue again when he did have the time) and it's not even like it's a huge space (just an 11ftX30ft I think total). We were going to make an "L" shaped for even MORE room, but James doesn't want to see another piece of sheetrock in a long time and we decided to just do it like this to be done with it already. :lol: This is enough for a family room and playroom just fine. :) We are just too through with this basement already. Seems like we've been working on it forever!!!!

Well, let me run for now. Gonna get ready to do the bedtime thing to put the girls in soon. :)

Morning Girls.. its afternoon here! We just finished lunch.. I made pizza and Lauren wouldn't eat it and she loves pizza???? She has been super fussy yesterday and today.. I don't know why? Hope it passes. I cleaned and swept the living room this morning and did one load of laundry.. need to go run some errands after Lauren's nap.
So she still will not sleep through the night. She woke up twice last night.. once at 12:30 and I just laid her back down and then again at 4am.. I laid her back down but 5 minutes later she was up so I got in the guest bed with her and we slept until 9. It drives me crazy.. she didn't wake up this much when she was a newborn!!

We've been having some problems with Ian sleeping through the night, too. It's SO frustrating. Do you think it could be because she's in a different place?

We're taking it easy today. We have a cook out to go to this afternoon. The weather is beautiful, so it should be really nice! :)

Well I would think that except she has NEVER slept through the night, even at home. Nothing I can really do I suppose!! So frustrating!!
Enjoy your day!!

Dori, you may want to inquire about the 5 in/5 out....see if that's something you want to try. I am doing that through the help of Suzi. Granted, my Angelina is alot younger...but it really is a working miracle. She now naps, when she's never napped (cat naps only) and she is slowly learning how to settle herself back down. Even in the middle of the night if I need to do a 5 in/5 out, she always goes back to bed real quickly! This method is amazing!!! Bottom line I try not to give in...unless it's special circumstances like gas or bad teething. But I am so proud of myself that no matter how tired I am, I stick to the 5in/5 out, which is very important. :)

Anyway, I hope everyone had a nice weekend. We did. It was nice having a 3 day weekend and all of us getting to spend alot of time together. :)

Today I'm really busy. We are staying in today. The carpet guy is coming today between 12:30 and 2:30 to measure the basement to be carpeted and to check out the stairs on how much that'll be. So from this point, we hope to have it carpeted by the beginning of next week! :crossfing: That would be wonderful....we are so close in getting to utilize that space! I can't wait (Alexia either....poor girl keeps on asking when her playroom is going to be done)

I made yet another phone call to the zoning guy at town hall. I have some questions to ask him about fencing. I need to call our mortgage company to ask them something, call Home Depot and another fencing place to give us an estimate on installing a fence in our yard. I also need to call for an oil change too. So many phone calls!!!

I cleaned the kitchen and I cleaned our bedroom. I would like to clean the bathroom, organize the upstairs a bit and take the highchair down so Angelina can start using it on recline. I would like to go through the living room as well (which is not being used yet...we have some boxes and misc. stuff in there). Just alot of organizing and phone call types of stuff to do today. Then, of course, waiting for the guy to come and measure for the carpet to be installed. :) Oh, and I also want to start marinating a steak we're gonna have tonight. Let me get to that... :bolt:

I hope your all having a great day.

Sounds like you have a lot going on today, Dawn--but almost all of it must make you very excited! You and dh seem to have made so much progress on this new house already--you gotta post some pics for us soon so we can see all of these improvements!

So far today I made the bed, got some laundry going, have dinner cooking in the crockpot, and I've also been working on a photo album for Sam. I have taken a ton of digital pics since he was born, and I finally got them developed through walmart.com (got doubles so I could also give some to the grandparents). I'm trying to label the back of each pic before putting it in the album while I still remember most of the details. I have thought about maybe doing a scrapbook, but I'm not sure--have never attempted it, and I know that kind of craft can become a money pit because you always seem to need the latest and the greatest supplies. Still thinking about it, though.

Let's see...will probably keep going on the laundry, gotta check and see which stores have diapers and formula on sale (why do I always get low on both of these expensive items at the same time?!) and will probably go purchase some of each this afternoon. BTW, if anyone ever has any Nestle Good Start checks/coupons they don't need, please pm me--I can ALWAYS use them. Hoping to spend a little time in the front yard this week--we have some hedges and other plants out front that are bordered by this plastic strip that is half-buried in the ground to keep mulch and such in the bed instead of in the grass, but I really hate it (looks really cheap), and the previous owners left behind some border stones (that they used to block the small space between the ground and bottom of the fence in the back yard to keep their vicious dogs from digging an escape hole under the fence...) that I am going to use to replace the plastic strip.

I guess that's about it. Have a great day, Ladies!

Hi Dori!! Welcome to the group.

I'm not doing much today. I have a lot to get done around the house. It's Liam's last day of preschool. I have to talk to Dh and order the little league trophies for Austin's last game and party this weekend. Last minute order that will have to be rushed and overnight mailed to get to us in time. Way to go Dh! I can't believe he's in the military sometimes. He can't even get the simplest things done without a million and one reminders.
Things were better between us yestarday. Although he was gone half the day doing a Memorial day ceremony. We took the kids to see Madagascar. Which was really cute. Isabella puked on him halfway through the movie. I just laughed, thought it was KARMA, payback for his shitty attitude lately.
I have to run to the grocery store later and get some much needed staples at Costco. I was going to go to the gym, but my sun burn from the beach this weekend is really bugging me. So I might skip out. I feel like I never get to the gym anymore. I had a goal to lose 10 lbs before our trip to Vegas in July, not sure that will happen now.
Although Isabella has decided she doesn't nurse anymore now. She refuses to do it anymore. She wants her baba. Maybe that will make the extra couple lbs come off.

Sounds like you have a lot going on today, Dawn--but almost all of it must make you very excited! You and dh seem to have made so much progress on this new house already--you gotta post some pics for us soon so we can see all of these improvements!
Yes, I suppose we have gotten alot of progress in the 3 mos. we've been here already. :) We sure are making this house into the way we want it. If you wanted to see pics I can dig up some before pictures of the basement then I can post after pics. when it's all said and done. The same with the yard (before the trees and after the trees). It feels good getting these improvements done. Our next huge project is getting an addition put on! We're gonna get another estimate hopefully this week (James will be finishing it though on the inside...we just need them to do the groundwork, etc.). We hope to get it done no later than a year. The guy just left and he measured what we want carpeted. Usually in 3-4 days they'll call us back with a price then from there it's usually in a couple days that they install it. Now, off to call for a guy to come for an estimate for our fence. It never ends. :lol:

I just put Alexia in for a nap...boy was she ever getting so cranky! I guess it doesn't help that she also woke up earlier than usual (7 am, her usual is 8 am). I just put Angelina in for a nap too. Now I hope to just chill. :)

It's been the insanity special here lately! Saturday we went to my cousin's high school graduation party. Caroline attached herself to a 7-year old girl there, so we barely saw her! I was feeling downright unloved.... :lol:

Sunday we did some errand running. DH went to Office Depot to get a new office chair, while Caroline and I went to the grocery store. Then we spent the afternoon playing in the backyard and generally having a good time.

Monday I took Caroline to the pool with our neighbors, and DH stayed home to vacuum (Caroline still hates it, so we can only do it when one of us takes Caroline somewhere) and generally clean a bit. I love when he gets "the bug" because normally he's the one leaving crap all over the place! :thumbsdow

Today we ran to the YMCA to sign Caroline up for swim lessons and a fitness class for me :workout: then to storytime at the library. She's down for a nap now and I will hopefully be able to weed through some of her toys that she no longer plays with.

Tomorrow I have a doctor's appointment in the morning, then have to stop at Goodwill to drop off a bag of clothes. I also want to stop at Target to look for a Hippity Hop ball for Caroline! :lol:

And at some point I still need to get to the gym....

I have had kind of a weird day so far. Jackson and I were supposed to go to playgroup at a park nearby. My plan was to get there early and walk a lap before playing - they have a paved trail that is 2 miles and very hilly so it is a good workout with the stroller. Well, right before we got to the park the sky opened up and it started downpouring :rolleyes: so our plan was scratched.

Since we were already out, I stopped at a children's consignment shop I had wanted to check out. They had a Little Tykes slide that Jackson would have loved, I almost bought it but came to my senses and realized that if I bought it, it would end up right in the middle of my living room. After the store we drove around a little bit looking at houses. By this point it had stopped raining, so I took him to another park. I wanted him to run off some energy so he would nap well today. We played for a bit, but it was cold out so we left after about a half an hour. After that we went to BRU to pick up a few things, then to Party City to check out balloons for a bridal shower I am going to on Saturday. Jackson fell asleep in the car on the way home and is still sleeping. I feel bad b/c he hasn't had lunch yet, but he wouldn't wake up so I figured he couldn't be that hungry...I cleaned up the kitchen, and am killing some time on here. At some point I need to make this pasta salad I wanted to try. It is a Weight Watchers recipe and has cherry tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil and balsamic vinegar in it...my plan is to make it and keep it in the fridge to serve with dinner this week...I bought a bunch of different stuff to grill...so dinner will be easy.

Am I ever going to be productive this week?? I am so so tired all the time. Don't know whats up with that. Lauren is napping and I think I might just do the same. We didn't get up this morning until 9am.. WOO HOO!! See, I shouldn't be tired. We fixed some eggs and toast.. Lauren loves eggs and likes helping fix them even more. Then we go cleaned up, DH left for work and we ran to the store to get a couple of things and then ate lunch. Exciting huh??

Hello all, I have been having internet high speed problems so I can only post when my line is not hot. Loved having 2 days with the family, we jsut kind of hung out and spent time with each other. My almost 13 yr old and I went on a date night Sunday night to see Star Wars, so my other sons think I need to get on the ball and talk them on a date.:dude: It is the cool thing to do! We are all almost over our bad colds:sick:, the kids even my dh managed to get a cold in their eyes, I mean hello don't wipe your nose and than your eyes.:duh: Still doing the roller coaster thing with my almost teen:devilangebut most say the weekend was aaa pleasurable one with him!:dancingpi My newest problem is bedding wetting with my 10 yr old, all of a sudden he has turned into such a deep sleeper that he does not wake up to go pee. Oh life a s a mom, would I have it any other way???? NO! Ok need to run back up stairs to see if younger kiddos have finished lunch.

Here I sit waiting and waiting and waiting for Cogeco Cable to show up :rolleyes: and for Health Canada to call me about ID needed for Cass's photo id..how is it only one person in all of Canada knows which ID is needed and she is away from her desk ?? :rolleyes:

right now I'm going through some stuff I want to sell in a garage sale I'll be having in July sometime, I'm marking the prices on them now and putting in a box in the garage, still have to go through P's clothes, I am finding some cute newborn stuff :love: some of it I just can't part with though:blush1:

Oh P's almost done her lunch, have a great day ladies :wavey:

Hola, Chicas!

How is everyone doing? I'm gonna be pretty busy over the next week or more. Dh and I are bringing Sam for his first trip to Cape Cod this weekend. My mom has a small cottage there, and my brother and sisters and I volunteered to come down this weekend to help rake and get the yard cleaned up so she doesn't have to spend $1600 again to have a landscaping company do it. I plan on enjoying myself, too, though--all work and no play makes for a very cranky Vicky. :awink: We thought it best to leave Friday night at Sam's bedtime so he'll (hopefully) sleep the whole way (about 3.5 hours) and come back Sunday night doing the same thing. So, I have to pack a whole bunch of stuff--why is it the smallest person in the house requires the most luggage? I only have one load of laundry to do, so that is good. Want to get the house pretty well picked up because there is nothing worse than coming home from a trip and having a mess to come home to. Have to pick up a couple of prescriptions at the pharmacy, and we have a playdate this afternoon. So, it will be busy, but should also be pretty fun. Take care, and have a great day, Ladies!

Hi everyone! :wavey:

Yesterday I was pretty busy....got alot done. Had alot of phone calls to make. For one, we're switching our car, and a couple credit cards to James' credit union. They gave us a great deal and it'll be so much cheaper. I called the tree company, as we noticed some roots they left behind that weren't grinded so 2 of the workers will be coming by after work within the next couple days, on their own time to do it. I also went to the bank and post office yesterday.

TOday Alexia has gymnastics, but I want to leave early to run to TRU for a gift card beforehand. She was invited to one of the kid's birthday parties that's this Sun but we can't make it cuz we have my nephew's christening, so I thought we'd give me a lil' Gift card. We also need to stop at Sam's club for a few things. I'll just pick up and clean up today...nothing too heavy I think.
Oh, and for the 4th time I need to call the zoning guy at town hall to ask about fencing. Maybe he's on vacation...I'll get another extension and ask them. Oh, and today a guy is gonna stop by after work with James to see what we want done with the addition (or extension) and he may give us some more ideas as well. We need to figure out placement of things and exactly how we want it (ie: window placement, sliding door placement, skylights, etc.) He'll be doing a drawing of it, something the town's gonna need.

Well, let me run so I can jump in the shower so we can get outta here! :)

Have a great day everyone!

Hi girls!

We have had a good day so far...it started out cloudy and gross but by 10 is was a beautiful sunny day! So I am happy (although now I am stuck inside while Jackson naps).

So, I took Jackson to a gymboree class today to try it out and he seemed to like it a lot. I signed him up for the summer session. I wasn't going to do any classes with him this summer but I decided that maybe a little structure would be good for him. Especially if we have another week where it rains every day - like it did last week. After the class we went to Costco. I am making chicken salad for a bridal shower I am going to on Saturday, so I wanted to get the chicken there since it is cheaper. I ended up getting a bunch of other stuff too...I just can't go in there and not buy a ton.

After Costco, it was beautiful out so I took Jackson swimming. The pool at our complex is open! So we swam for about an hour. He is such a water bug...he had the best time jumping off the stairs and splashing around. No fear at all. He would jump off the stairs, plunge under water and come up with a big smile on his face! I was getting a little nervous b/c sometimes he wouldn't wait for me to get in position to catch him and he would be underwater for a long time! He didn't care though. :dunno: He is so close to swimming all on his own that it is scary (he's only 19 months old, so this surprises me).

We had lunch after our swim and now he is napping. When he wakes up we are going to go for a walk. I feel like a slug since we have been indoors so much b/c of the rain. I also want to stop by the YMCA and get him a bubble for the pool. I think I would be less nervous about him jumping into the water if he had some sort of floatation device attached to him!

Ugh, we've been crazy busy here too! I had a doctors appointment yesterday which is going to lead to some outpatient surgery next month (no big deal, I'm actually looking forward to it so I can stop dealing with this problem!) This morning I managed to make it to the gym, yay me. I don't know what to do about Caroline's avowed hatred of the childcare program, though. She's only doing it to attempt to keep me with her, and always has fun once she calms down and stops crying. Can we say "overly attached"??? :disbelief I was going to take her to the movie and see Madagascar but we're having a case of whinybutt bossiness so I said no.

Tomorrow is the grocery store, and maybe we'll get to see the movie then. Saturday is our neighborhood block party, and next week I want to go swimming!

I ended up getting a bunch of other stuff too...I just can't go in there and not buy a ton.

:lol: This sounds like me! Both girls are napping and when they get up we're gonna head over to Sam's Club. For what? We're almost out of toilet tissue. But ask me what else I came home with when I get back! :lol:

Oh, I made a mistake earlier....the guy who is doing our addition or extension (haven't quite decided which one yet), is coming TOMORROW, not today. :lol:

Good Evening all, I hope everyone had a great day!:sunny:Asta have a great time and don't work too hard! Keep me away from Sam's and Costco, spend too much there and never come out with just a few items. We had a great day here, got my nails done cause I broke one last night while working all the way down to the skin. I cried like a big ole baby!:cry: My dh said maybe I should have a shot or a beer to calm down and stop crying, but boy did and still does hurt.:drink: Just doing more laundry as I type this so I can play outside in the park with the kiddos in the morning. Have a great evening ladies!

Just checking in really quick.... never made it to Sam's yesterday. When James got home we all went to Home Depot to pick up the chair railing for their playroom and to pick up the molding we're gonna put around her magnetic chalkboard, and picked up the necessary supplies we need to apply the magnetic paint. We'll do that tonight and tomorrow! :) Oh, and we also put a deposit for the carpet...and they called today and they'll be installing the carpet in the basement on Tuesday!!!! :yippee: Finally!! We can utilize that space!!!!!!!! :)

Went to Sam's today....besides the toilet tissue we really needed, I got loads of other stuff. I spent almost $80. :lol: I'm straightening up here and there and when the girls wake up from their naps, I want to vacuum. James is on his way home now, with his friend from work that's following him so he can check out our kitchen and give us some ideas, and to see what kind of work he's looking at. He'll give us a price too. I can't wait for it to get done!!!! :)

My parents are coming down tomorrow. James needs to go with my Dad and help him out (James has a trailer and my dad needs to pick up some lumber from Home Depot). Angelina is doing great with sleeping! This 5 in/5 out is a charm!!!!! So far, it looks like she's dwindled down to waking up only once in the middle of the night (around midnight) and wakes up at 8 am. I do feed her still when she wakes (but if she wakes up more than once...i don't feed her the other times) and until we've been doing this sleep training thing for a little while longer then I"ll start to take away that feeding....just not now though.

Well, I think that's it for now. Hope everyone has a great weekend! Any plans?

Tomorrow my folks are coming down and Sun. is my nephew's christening. :)

Dawn, I have to laugh. I was reading your post about Angelina waking up at midnight and again at 8 and I thought, "oh well that is what Lauren does, maybe it isn't that bad." Yeah, I didn't realize Angelina is 6 months old and Lauren is TWO!!!!! God help me!!

So we had our first Gymboree class in Ireland today. It was a brand new facility and they just opened Monday. I was pleased. It was a bit smaller than home which meant less equipment and parachute time (lauren's fav part) was a little dissapointing but all in all, I was happy and Lauren thoroughly enjoyed it. She was very happy to see Gymbo again!! :thumbsup: I think we are going to sign her up for the art class as well. We have done it at home and she liked it. After that we went to lunch and then shopping to find me a bathing suit. We are going to a Birthday Party tomorrow and its a pool party, Lauren will love it. I found a bathing suit that was normally $210 and I got it for $45!!! GO ME!! Then we came home and Lauren napped. After her nap we went out to dinner at a mexican place.. wasn't that good and way overpriced!! Now everyone is in bed and I am heading that way.. its 11:30pm here!

Ugh...I've had a hectic day and am just checking in for the first time today...... Dh and I have been getting along much better. Soo :woo: for that.

I actually got a ton done today despite being totally crazy. We picked up my catering supplies this morning. Dh went with me and gave the owner an award for donating over $1000+ worth of food when his guys returned from Iraq in March. I went and ordered the cake for the little league party tomorrow night. I also picked up menus for the pizza restaurant so the parents can preorder. I returned some videos, on time for the first time since they abolished late fees. I had my friend Sheri over for a play date. We made cookies. Then we decided to go outside the weather was so nice. I was so embarassed at my lawn that as soon as she left I went out and worked in the yard for a couple hours. I even got the monkeys in on it. I bribed them with candy and a dollar. Although I got out of paying it by letting them play xbos.
I was just about to mow it when the neighbor came over to have me watch her two kids. Which I'm doing now. I just started my 2nd load of laundry and have one folded and ready to put away. The kids are all being really good playing xbox and eating fruit snacks.

I'm going to bed early tonight, well, earlier then usual that is so I can be up bright and early for my catering thing tomorrow. Dh and the kids are coming with me. So I won't be paying out for a sitter or for hired help. So keep your fingers crossed it's a busy day. If I do well enough I'm taking 2 weeks off.
Wow, I wrote a book....well off to read a couple posts before finishing my laundry.

Good Morning all. it looks like rain here but they said high of 80 so not really sure what to dress the kids in today. Doing more laundry, darn that one sock that turns into 2 loads!:eviltongu Did I mention I got a job as a bartender? well last night was the first weekend night and boy do I need to pick up the pace and hello have I been out of the loop for too long thae names of some of these drinks I had no clue thank goodness they had a drink book!:doh: Need to go find one for myself so I can do some reading. Tonight will be even busier than last night, so I am off to go find a drink book to do some crash studing before tonight. Oh I get a bar wage, tips from my customers and tips from the waitstaff, Gymbo sale here I come when you finally have another one!:supergrin

Dawn, I have to laugh. I was reading your post about Angelina waking up at midnight and again at 8 and I thought, "oh well that is what Lauren does, maybe it isn't that bad." Yeah, I didn't realize Angelina is 6 months old and Lauren is TWO!!!!! God help me!!
Too funny Dori! :lol:

Well my Dad came down this morning. My parents are having a pool put in and my mom had to be home for when they came. So James and my Dad are at Lowe's getting some stuff my Dad needs and then James is going to his house to help him. The girls and I may head over there later....it depends on how long James will be there for.

The guy that will be doing our addition came by yesterday (he'll be doing everything except the inside [sheetrock, floor, etc.], which James will do himself.) Well, James and I have to work up some kitchen plan layouts on graph paper. We need to know where everything will go...from the sink to every window, etc. before the addition is put up. We are getting a 10 X 15 addition off our kitchen to make our kitchen bigger, and we're wanting a portion of that to be a florida room. So now I'm going crazy trying to decide on the layout, etc. I'm trying to look at other pics of kitchens to get some ideas, along with some kitchen layout drafts on the internet. I always thought I knew what I wanted but now that it's coming down to it, I feel like I'm at a loss!

Tomorrow is my nephew's christening so today I want to lay out our clothes. Ooops, I have to be sure that James' shirt doesn't need pressing. I should check soon cuz if it does I need to bring it in today. :blush1: I have to figure out what the girls should wear.....most likely a matching outfit. I'm a nut when it comes to dressing them the same. :) It suppose to be like 85 degrees tomorrow so definitely something cool and comfortable!

Well, I think that's it for now. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Oh, Angelina woke up a couple times screaming last night (around 10 ish and at 3 am)! No 5 in/5 out on this one....I think her bottom teeth are coming up. Poor thing, you can hear it...she was in so much pain. :blue:

I was finally motivated today and cleaned the entire house (every room) and did four loads of laundry!!!!!! :clap: I feel so much better!! Jamie left for work today around 3:30.. he had a later flight and will be home around midnight and then he is off for his twelve day stretch. After Lauren's nap we went on walk and she rode her new trycyle. She loves that thing. We played outside for about an hour and then we came in so I could make dinner. I made lasagna and carrots and Lauren had some grapes, of course! After I made dinner Lauren did some fingerpainting!! She made four pictures.. I am sending two to my Mom and Dad. They will love it. Then the neighbor boy came over and played for about a half hour, we read books and off to bed for Lauren. I did my yoga :woo: and now I am off to bed! I am wiped!

Wow Dori....what an accomplished day you had! Good for you, girl! :)

Today we had my nephew's christening to go to so that was nice. The reception was at a banquet hall and they had awesome food. Hey, I didn't have to cook tonight so that was good. :lol: It is soooo hot today....90 degrees!!!! We have the central air cranking!!!

Girls are gonna go to bed soon, and I'm doing some laundry and straightening up. I also vacuumed the kitchen floor today when we got back. I'll finish straightening up so that tomorrow my day will be somewhat easier. Alexia has preschool and if it's nice out I want to spend some time outside.

Also, after the girls go to bed James and I are gonna put on another coat of the magnet paint for their chalkboard downstairs. Carpet guy comes on Tues. to install the carpet in the basement! We are thrilled! We can finally get the entertainment center moved in there, along with Alexia's big kitchen playset, as it's taking up room in the unfinished part of the basement, waiting for it's new home!!

Oh man, I think Angelina's 1st tooth is cutting. You can see the top of it and she's been in such pain...poor thing. :blue: Hopefully in a couple more days she'll have some relief when it makes it's full appearance! :)

Yesterday my mom came over for the day, I made her breakfast we went to my eldest son's game went out for lunch and did a little shopping. Spent a good part of the night in the basement due to bad storms and tornado warning yuck! The youngest kids were scared the rest of the night and slept in our room. Today it is bright and sunny so I hope to redo my bedroom today.....3 more days of school left and summer vacation here we come!:rahrah::banana:

Happy Monday everyone! :wavey:

Well, James played hookey from work today so he's driving Alexia in to preschool right now. This week is her last week of preschool. :( She goes today and then Wed., then on Friday they have an end of school celebration. Then a couple weeks later she starts summer camp at the new preschool she goes to in Sept! :up:

So today I need to:
~ Go to DMV. I need a duplicate car registration. For some reason it's NOT in my car!?!
~ I would really like to try to go to the farmers market that is in the next town over. Since we moved here, I didn't know where any were and i saw it advertised in a mailer thingie. I always use to get the fruits/veggies at the one where we use to live. So much more fresher and you save money! So I would really like to try to make it there today.
~ Food store. Angelina's almost out of formula and I need to get a few other things. I want to claim my free package of hotdogs and hamburgers (I collected enough 'grilling' points to get these things free! :up: )
~ Call the town for a metal pick up of a futon frame.
~ Work on more kitchen plans on the graph paper. I want alot of different ones so we can see which ones we like best/will work for us better. :)

Then we'll do the last 2 coats of the magnet paint. So we can finally put on the chalkboard paint tomorrow! :up:

Today suppose to be really nice out... 87 degrees so I would like to go out with the kids...if not to the park, maybe out to Rita's water ice. :lick:

Oh, and as for cleaning....I'm still working on some laundry and just going to straighten up. Don't need to do anything heavy today. :)

Have a great day everyone! :)

Hello, ladies!

Sorry I've been MIA. I just haven't felt like posting. I've gotten a few little things accomplished today. I was going to go grocery shopping this morning, but Ellie was being such a pill that I couldn't make it. I swear I just want to buy that girl a one way ticket to China! :tearhair: Please God let this stage end SOON! :pray:

:hug99: Theresa!

I have had a somewhat productive day today I managed to do a couple of loads of laundry and clean the kitchen all before 7:30am! I then took Jackson for a walk and get my errands done at the same time. :woo: We walked to the post office, bank, and to pay the cable bill...then we walked to Dunkin Donuts for an iced coffee (coconut - so good!). I love that it is finally nice enough to get my errands done on foot! We finished the walk and errands before 10am...so I wasn't sure what to do with the rest of the day. We ended up going to a farmer's market (great minds think alike Dawn!) to get some fruit and veggies. I bought so much fruit that I am going to make a big fruit salad to eat for the week...I love fresh fruit in the summer! After this, my friend Jane came over for a bit, when she left I fed Jackson and put him down for his nap. At 4:00 the little girl that I babysit from time to time is coming over while her Mom takes a class...I need to figure out something to do w/her and Jackson...she'll be here from 4-8 so it is kind of a weird time. :dunno:

:hug99: Teresa, I've been having a lot of those days myself lately.

Oh Theresa things will get better hang in there!:hug1:

Well, didn't get alot done like I wanted to. Alexia never napped, even though I put her in for one, she never did...she was quietly reading books. Later on, she became a PILL and never got to finish going to the other places. Hopefully tomorrow...

So today I need to:
~ Go to DMV. I need a duplicate car registration. For some reason it's NOT in my car!?! NOPE. Hopefully tomorrow.
~ I would really like to try to go to the farmers market that is in the next town over. Since we moved here, I didn't know where any were and i saw it advertised in a mailer thingie. I always use to get the fruits/veggies at the one where we use to live. So much more fresher and you save money! So I would really like to try to make it there today. Nope. Hopefully tomorrow.
~ Food store. Angelina's almost out of formula and I need to get a few other things. I want to claim my free package of hotdogs and hamburgers (I collected enough 'grilling' points to get these things free! :up: ) DONE!
~ Call the town for a metal pick up of a futon frame. DONE!
~ Work on more kitchen plans on the graph paper. I want alot of different ones so we can see which ones we like best/will work for us better. :)
DONE! But it's still a work in progress. Still drawing up other layouts.
Then we'll do the last 2 coats of the magnet paint. So we can finally put on the chalkboard paint tomorrow! :up: No. I really wish we got the chance to do this :( Again, hopefully tomorrow


I totally forgot that Ang has her 6 mo well visit tomorrow at noon. I still never found a pediatrician for them around here, so it's her original dr. about 35 min. away. We are having the carpet installed tomorrow, so I called the installer to see if he can come earlier or after her Dr. apt., and he's going to be here in the morning to do it, and I'm hoping he's done by 11:30 so we don't have to miss her appointment (their next availability for a Dr. apt. isn't until July 11th!!!). I sooo can't wait until he's done with the carpet!!! We want to move things in there so bad, and so that Alexia can FINALLY have her playroom! :)

I would like to make it to DMV and the fruit market as well. I hope I can fit it all in. Ang is now on a strict schedule so all our trips are now based around her nap times which makes things more difficult to just go out and get things done.

:morning: Boy I need some caffine!:coffee: Please don't ming my spelling errors, first thing in the morning I can not spell.:lol: Well yesterday I could not stand another day without flowers so I finally weeded the beds and flower buckets and did a major planting. It was tons of work but sure looks great! The two younger ones wanted to help, I guess squirting each other me and an occassional plant was helping!:crazy: Today I am tackling my bedroom, it has become the dumping ground for everyones clothes that can not fit in closets or drawers due to the winter stuff. So I think I am safe to start packing that winter stuff away~:dancingpi:clap: Oh and last night I made the best dinner, I marinated steaks all day, made backed potatos, cut up fresh fruit...yummm the pineapple just melted in my mouth, and made cookies. YUMMY:eat:

Well have a great day Ladies!:ylflower: Boy I love these smile things, can you tell!:biggrin:

Well, today I'm going to work on packing up more stuff and getting other things organized for our yard sale this weekend.

I don't plan on going outside cause it's supposed to be hot and humid. :dead: While we basically have a month and a half to make this move, I'd prefer to be in the house by July, so we can get a little pool for Aiden. We currently don't have a yard large enough (not to mention the freaking neighbor's let their dogs crap in our yard! :complain: )

Great.....the rug installer calls me today at 8 am and tells me they'll be here between 10am-12 noon. I told him that you said yesterday you were going to be the first apt. cuz my daughter had a 12 noon dr. apt. They said I am the first...it takes time to load up the truck, etc. Yea, whatever. :rolleyes: If that was the case, I would of told them to make me the LAST appointment. This stinks....now I"m pretty sure it looks like I have to cancel Angelina's 6 mo. well visit appointment today! :blue: The next available one they have isn't until July 11th! I need to find a closer Dr. and even if I do, it takes time for them to get their records from their pediatrician, etc. This stinks. Oh well..... :blue:

So I have to wait around for them to come. By the time they leave the girls will probably be napping. After they get up, I really would like to make it to DMV and the fruit market. I'll clean up around here I guess.

My mom is coming by today after work. She's wanting to see our house and the progress with the basement. Little does she know it'll be carpeted by the time she comes down! She also wants to give me her opinion/help in the kitchen layout. I drew a couple drafts, but I need to do more. I'm trying to find a way to get a decent size florida room in there as well. It's all like a puzzle and I know what I want it's a matter of making things work. If nothing can be figured out I may have to see how much a kitchen designer will cost. I really didn't want to do that, but if that's the only way a professional can look at the graph paper and tell me what would work, etc. then we'll see. If it's through the roof money-wise...forget it. I'll still see what I come up with and if my mom can have any ideas as well.

Today suppose to be another hot one! My parents just got a pool put in and I can't wait for the girls to use it! Of course we have 3 birthday parties this weekend so we can't even make use out of it then. :(

Have a great day everyone. :)

Ugh, it's so freakin' hot! I took Caroline to a neighbor's house yesterday so the girls could run through the sprinkler, and *I* ended up getting sunburned. My chest, the front of my legs and my feet. Oh, it's not nice....

If I don't stiffen up and can still move around, we're going to go to storytime at the library and lunch afterward with our friends. Then this afternoon I want to make a lemonade cake. We're doing a a little half-birthday party for Caroline when DH gets home tonight! :) (no big deal, we just make a cake, she gets to pick dinner, and a small present. An idea I got for kids whose birthdays get lost in the Christmas/New Year holiday shuffle!)

OOoh Anne, that lemonade cake sounds interesting! Have you ever made it before? I would like to see the recipe.... :)

I'm staying home most of today and tomorrow to get things done. I'm having an Arbonne party this Saturday while Dh is out of town so I need to get the place clean.
Tomorrow is our last little league game. I'm so excited for it to be over with. I had no idea being team mom and coaches wife was so much work.

We had to take the kids to Urgent care yestarday. Lily and Liam have ear infections, Austin has the start of bronchitis (scary since he is asthmatic) and Jim has the start of pneumonia. We got a Rx for a TON of antibiotics. I was so busy getting everyone else seen by the doc that I totally forgot about myself, so I still feel terrible. Luckily Isabella is doing just fine. No sign of getting sick, but she's getting really close to crawling.

I have to sort through the bag of 3T girls clothes for everyone on here and post some pictures. I keep forgetting.

Jen, so sorry everyone is sick--I can't imagine how hard that must be to take care of everyone when you are sick, yourself. I hope everyone starts feeling better very soon.

Dawn, have you looked at IKEA's website? They have a program you can download to construct a "virtual" kitchen. We are thinking that someday we need to gut and re-do our kitchen, so I've spent HOURS playing with it. The only bad thing is that everything (including the cabinets) are metric, but I took measurements in our kitchen in feet/inches and used an online conversion table that worked pretty well. It may just be fun to play with so you can get some ideas down. Also, I think places like Staples sells software you could also use, but the IKEA site is free. Sometimes it just helps to see the 3-D aspect instead of just the graph paper layout.

Well, we went to the Cape over the weekend and had a good time. Spent most of the time raking my mom's yard, but got some play time in, too. Sam didn't