2 Princess' and a Prince

The Long Days of Summer

2009-07-10T23:57:00.002-04:00

This week has been unbearably hot here, like 109. I am so grateful that we now have a pool and we can just go jump in, unfortunately the going to work at 6pm every evening thing kind of throws the day off. But we still manage to find time almost everyday to get in the pool.
Next week H will be 8, where did the last 8 years go? She is growing up. This year for her birthday the two things she wanted most were a new phone like mine, a slider so she can text with her friends and a new TV. So we got her a new phone, she will be so excited. My step mom got her a new TV and a new DVD player so I know she will love that. But my mom is sending us to Great Wolf Lodge for the weekend. We are so excited. We have not been on a vacation in years! Usually we spend our vacation time going home for the holidays, and although it is only for the weekend it will be fun. We will also be joined by our friends here on Sat, my friend's mom lives near Great Wolf Lodge, so they will stay with her but will come to the water park and celebrate H's bday with us. It will be a blast! I think I am as excited as the kids!
We have had a nice week despite the heat, I don't think we left the house but one day. It was nice to just hang out! Next week we have our monthly meeting for MOMS Club, we have two new potential members coming, I am excited. I was about to give up. As of now we only have four members. We had five, but one decided she didn't want to be a member anymore because I would not let her bring her friend from out of town to a playgroup at my house. Seriously, read the bylaws and think about it. Would you want a complete stranger at a playgroup at your house with your kids? I think not, that is why the bylaws are set up. Sometime I don't understand people. But I am not going to give up. We will make up a great group! I know we can do it. MOMS Club was a saviour to me in Ohio and Tennessee and I know it can be that again here.
The kids are all doing well, L is still into something almost daily, and G follows along with her which isn't good, but they are getting better. I think or maybe I am just getting used to it now. LOL! H well she is 8 going on 16 she has the whole attitude thing going and my mom says I am paying for my raising. Oh Lord I hope she isn't like me, I don't know how my mom dealt with me as a teen but I couldn't do it. LOL
Me I am just working and hoping that when school starts I can take some photography classes and start doing some freelance photography, I love taking photos and I want to share that joy with others. So hopefully that will work out for me. Work, well its work. Not at all the job I envisioned for myself, this company is so messed up, they could care less about their employees but I know I wont be there forever. So I suck it up and go everyday. I have a great boss, but the store manager and assistant store manager are very young and make some very unwise choices and they have very little regard for anyone. Nor do they posses the skills to speak to their employees with any kind of respect, it is pathetic. But from what I have read about this company this is a nationwide thing this company has many employees current and past that have been treated this way. So I try not to take it personally, but some days it is really hard. It is also hard that I leave at 5:45pm almost every night. Just as hubby gets home I leave, and I work Saturdays and some Sundays so we don't see each other as much. But it is nice to be able to help with some bills and feel like I am contributing to my family.
Anyway I guess that is all for now. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come..........................

We are still here

2009-07-07T11:35:00.005-04:00

I thought I would post a blog while the kids are all playing. We have a had a busy life lately. We moved into a new house that we love! After being without air for three weeks at the other house we decided it was enough. I never really liked the house anyway and had been looking anyway. The new house is only a block away from the other house but we love it so much more. Hubby has the shop that he has always wanted, and we have a pool that we all love. It is so much nicer than the other house.

The girls had their dance recital and it was so cute, they both did a great job and we were really proud of them. My step-mom came to watch the final rehearsal since she couldn't stay for the recital, and they were so happy she came.

I took the girls to see the Jonas Bothers in Dallas, they loved it! We stayed the night in Dallas, just the girls and I and it was a nice girls weekend for us. For H's birthday we are planning a trip to great wolf lodge and they are so excited!

We have all been doing well, I made it through yet another year without my Grandma, the day was hard and I decide that next year I will sleep through that day.

Step-son went to his moms last week to spend the summer with his mom, we hope he has a good time.

Well I will close with some pictures now. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come........

Long time no Blog. Rnadom thoughts

2009-05-27T00:06:00.003-04:00

I know it has been over a month since i have blogged anything, and I keep saying how I am going to keep up better, but it just never happens. Between work and the kids I stay pretty busy. I know that is no excuse, but it is all I have. LOL

We are anxiously awaiting the last day of school which is Friday, H and Step Son are ever so excited! I am not sure how I feel L's last day was last Tuesday and she was in a cute program, I will post pictures soon. The kids are all doing well, although G is having some stomach issues, he has not been having solid diapers i am hopeful this is a stomach bug that will pass soon. I am in the process of finding a new Ped. I really don't like mine, so we will hopefully be well soon. L has had many curious George moments one of which was getting into my makeup while I was work and putting it all over her and G. There have been others, but that is the most recent. I worry that she has ADHD, she is just all over the place she has focus problems, but I hate to take her to the Dr. and have that label for her and have her on meds. So we will wait it out a little longer. The girls are getting ready for a dance recital next month and are both very excited. I cant wait to see them dance!

I went with my mom to Dallas a couple of weeks ago, for my bf's little sisters baby shower. I have been friends with her since I was in the fourth grade, and so they are like family, in fact I lived with them for a little while. I am so excited for the new baby and cant wait to meet her. My mom and i had a great time, it was just she and I most of the time and it was so very nice to get to spend the time with her. As we near the 3 year annv. of my Grandmothers death, I find that my mom and I have grown so much closer. Not so long ago, we were not close at all.
In fact we couldn't be around each other for any period of time that we didn't fight, I like to think my Grandma is watching over us and has helped us through this time.

I also celebrated my birthday this month and on that day the Author of my favorite book "90 Minutes in Heaven" was here and my friend J and I went to see him. It was amazing! I even got my book signed. Speaking of my friend J I have found a great friend in her, and am so blessed to have made such a great friend.

Well I guess that is it for tonight. I will post again soon. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come.......................

Life in the fast lane.

2009-04-20T11:06:00.002-04:00

I thought I would post an update on family life for us. We are all doing well. Both of the girls are getting prepared for their dance recital in June, yes H went back to dance. They are both very excited to be in the show. Too bad Grandma cant make it, I haven't told them yet but they will be heartbroken.My step dad has his high school reunion that weekend. So she wont be able to be both places. But we will get a video so she will still get to see it.
L is really enjoying school, she looks forward to going and would love to go everyday. Next year she will go 4 days and i think she will be very happy about that. She adjusted very well since all the other kids had been there all year and she hadn't. She just jumped right in. She is such a happy go lucky girl. We still have many curious George incidents, like yesterday she was taking a piece of tile apart and standing with it in her had said she didn't do it. I am not sure what to do about these little things but we are working through it.
G is doing well, he seems to have adjusted well to milk in his diet, although he wont drink it, we can use food that contains milk so that is nice. Still no eggs, we have had a few things with eggs and he always breaks out, but hopefully we will outgrow this as well. Now if we can figure out the stomach issues, his reflux is pretty much gone. He still has some issues but very few. But he still doesn't have solid stools, and he should. I am not sure where that leaves us. HE needs to go back to the GI Dr, but I was hoping to wait until he turns three and can go here so we don't have to drive 2 hours there and 2 hours back. We shall see.
H is enjoying girl scouts and dance, and counting down the days until school is out. Although I think she will be sad when it is out and she doesn't see her friends everyday. But we will see. Her and daddy made a dinosaur yesterday for a school project and I think they had a great time. Not sure who enjoyed it more, dad or H but either way I think it was fun for them.
Well That is all for today. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come............

2009-04-20T11:05:00.001-04:00

Did you know you can update blogger from your cell phone?

End of a week

2009-04-04T01:51:00.002-04:00

I know I said I would update sooner, but I haven't been feeling well. I think I have a kidney infection, if you have never had one let me tell you they hurt. I would rather have another child than have another one of these. My kidney hurt so bad I couldn't breathe without pain. I am feeling better today, but it does still hurt a bit. I actually had to leave work early last night because it hurt so bad, and if you know me you know I never leave work or call in sick, I just suffer through but I couldn't do it.I will work tomorrow and hope I feel good enough because we are supposed to go out tomorrow night.
The kids are all doing well, L and G are having allergy issues but they will be fine. H is doing well, she likes school most days. Step son, he is doing ok, he just finished his last drivers Ed class, he still has the driving part, then there will be a 6 month waiting period for his licence, and hopefully he will have a car by then, he seems a little less then interested in driving or having a car and it seems a little strange to us that he doesn't seem interested, but he is a teenage who knows what is going through his head.
My friend found me a photography class that teaches about photographing kids, I will hopefully get to take it next month, it is only offered once a month. My friend has offered to watch the kids while I take the class, in trade for taking pictures of her kids. Sounds like a fair trade to me I love taking pictures. And her boys are so cute. I will have to get a new flash before taking the class and I will have to email her to see what else is needed but I have a great camera so I am excited!
Well that is all for tonight. Till next time remember ti hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come.........................

spring has sprung(kind of)

2009-04-01T13:59:00.003-04:00

I know I haven't updated like I said I would, so here I go.
Spring is here, although some days you wouldn't know it. Like last week.. Friday was to be our Open house for MOMS Club, and true to my bad luck it rained and was freezing. So no open house. I did have a nice day with a new friend we went to a consignment sale and then hung out with the kids. It was nice but I was very disappointed that we didn't get to hold our open house.
MOMS Club, well I guess it is coming along, we now have 3 members counting me, and I am hopeful that our next meeting will bring new people.
Spring break for the kids was nice, my mom came for the weekend and the kids were so happy! They were sad to see her go, as was I. It was nice to have her visit. We miss her lots. I will be going to Dallas with her in May to my BFF sister's baby shower and for a little girls weekend. I cant wait!
The kids are doing well, L is loving school and G and I are enjoying our time together while the three others are at school.
I am sure there are many things that I could update about but I need to end now and get some laundry done. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never
come........................

Ok I decided while G is napping and L is playing I would blog a little more. Blogging is great therapy, and I need to get back into it. When i started blogging over 4 years ago, i did it on our website and did it so family could keep up with us. After some comments I moved here and kept it only to those people I wanted to read it. Yes it is always out there for others to find, but they would really have to look. So I will get back into it and enjoy it again. I was in a bloggers block or a blogging funk, but that is over and I am back!

I have started to like Wichita Falls a little more, it helps that I have a few friends now and a job. L is in school and next year G will be as well. I am thinking of taking some classes while they are both in school next year. Right now I am leaning towards photography. I love to take pictures, I haven't done much of it lately, but i do love it. Right now I am struggling to find a balance between, home, kids, work, and social activities. It seems there isn't enough time for everything. We need to get a schedule going some how. We will figure it out sometime. LOL I don't know how other moms do it, keep a clean house, get dinner done, do laundry, work, kids, husband, and keep their sanity. But I am hopeful I will get it soon. LOL Well I guess that is it. I will update more tomorrow.............

Long time no blog

2009-03-15T00:06:00.003-04:00

You would think after not blogging for almost two months I would have lots to blog about. Well that simply isn't the case. I find myself in a bloggers block. After blogging for almost five years I am at a loss. But I will try............

New in our world, well we got a new family member. His name is Jasper, and he is a year old beagle. He is a good dog although hubby hates him, he love me and the kids. The weather has gotten nicer, so the kids and Jasper have hung out outside alot and enjoy playing on the swing set. This week is the start of spring break and we are hoping my mom comes the end of the week. Did i mention that L started school two weeks ago and absolutely loves it. H is doing well in school, and G and I have enjoyed out time spent together, speaking of which we went for his milk challenge last month and he passed, so he has been oked to have milk, alhtough he doesn't like it, or ice cream, and he still breaks out a little when he has some of these things. I read a study about building up tolerance to milk and you do it in small intervals which with time will make the body used to it, so I am hopeful that before long he will tolerate it with out breaking out at all. We have stopped OT as it wasn't a great help anyway. I don't feel he was getting anything out of it. L and G enjoyed playing with Donna, but that is all it was, play at the expense of the insurance company. So we have stopped.

L has been teaching G her curious George ways and I wonder how parents do it. I wonder how the house is kept, how they keep food in the house, and how do you keep up with all three all the time. i am at a lose. I love my kids more than anything, but some days I feel like I have failed them, but i try to be the best mom I can and i know that is all i can do.

MOMS club is moving along well, I have two members and two board members of course the members and the board members are the same people, but gotta start somewhere right. We will have an open house at the end of the month and I am hopeful that we will have a great turn out. I have been spending alot if time on facebook, and have reconnected with alot of old friends it is great I love facebook. if you don't have an account you should get one! Well that is all. I will try to be better about updating. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come......................................

Time goes so fast

2009-01-29T00:35:00.003-05:00

I have let almost week go by since I have blogged. Again I have thought about it but let it get away. We have had one of those weeks.

Saturday I worked until 6pm, then after I got off a couple of friends from work invited me to drink some wine with them, now this is the first time I have really hung out with friends since I have been here so I went. I got home around 12am I had a couple of glasses of wine before I came home and was very tired, so I went to sleep. About 12:45 hubby awakened me to tell me that L could not breathe, I went to see what was going on. She sounded awful I knew immediately what was wrong, she had that cough. If you are a mom you know the croup cough. So I gave her a breathing treatment, it was not helping. I took her outside because it was cold and this is supposed to help. It wasn't so we loaded up and headed off to the ER. When we arrive they told us it was a 4 hour wait. I asked L if she was feeling better and she said no, so we waited.

They took her vitals, and told us they see patients by priority, and a child having breathing issues was a priority. So two and a half hours after arrival, we were finally seen. We were seen by a young Dr. I was not so impressed with him. He diagnosed her with a double ear infection, and croup, but since she sounded better at the time he didn't give us the steroid for the croup but did give us a prescription for the ear infections. She is doing better now.

On Monday both H and L were running a fever so I kept H home from school. Then we got a terrible ice storm on Monday night and Tuesday, so Tuesday and Wednesday school was called off, so she has been home all week. But I am sure they will have school tomorrow. Although we had fun today while they were home we painted a town out of cardboard boxes like cereal boxes, oatmeal, etc... They had a great time.

G got an appointment for March 2 for the milk challenge, and hopefully my friend from work can go with me. He seems to be doing well. i am anxious for the challenge.

I guess that is all for tonight. Thanks for checking on us. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come................

Our week in a nutshell

2009-01-23T01:06:00.002-05:00

I haven't updated this week, so I thought I would post.
Monday G and I headed to Dallas for his allergy appointment that was to be his milk challenge, but when we got there, there was a scheduling mix up and it wasn't scheduled as a milk challenge, only a follow up appointment. SO although I was there less than a month ago, and we didn't really need a follow up that is what we got. They need all day to do the challenge and they must start at 9am our appointment was at 11:45 so we were to late to start and they have to have a nurse that can be there all day with us to do it. Needless to say I was not happy. So now I am waiting for the nurse to call to schedule the challenge for us.
Tuesday was much of the same as every other day, school, pick up, play, and work.
Wednesday, H was supposed to go to dance, and she refused to go. Now my mother has already paid for all of it including the costume deposit, and recital fee. So I told her she would have to call Grandma and tell her, so she did. And guess what my mom told her she didn't have to go. I was shocked, H had previously promised to stick with this and I thought my mom would be a little more upset but she just told her that she wouldn't pay for her to do anything else, which we all know is a lie because if H wants it Grandma will do it. LOL But I am going to try to get them to transfer the balance to L because she loves it! SO hopefully it wont be a total loss. I also had a lunch date with two potential new member for MOMS Club,yes I am taking the plunge and getting it going. I am very excited about this I hope to make some great friends through this as I have in the past.
Thursday we spent the day at home trying to clean up a little and then off to pick of from school, and then L off to dance and I to work.
I have a special request for you guys. I have a friend in TN who was recently diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. Please pray for her, she needs all the prayers she can get.
Well that is all for tonight, thanks for checking on us. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come............

Hello All!

2009-01-14T22:08:00.002-05:00

I know I am bad at updating. LOL
I was really busy last week, we had inventory, and this meant that all week was spent getting ready, and then the weekend meant LONG days. Saturday I worked from 9:30a.m. until 9:15 p.m and Sunday from 11:50a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Now I have definitely had my share of inventory, but none like the way Dillard's does it. On Saturday I was only to help get the floor ready for them to count that night, but on Sunday we closed at 6 so until 10 we were there to help count. I don't mind doing this, but I was tired and ready to go home. About 9:30 the company served sandwiches, but we were told if we were leaving at 10 we were not allowed to eat the food or drink the drinks. REALLY? Are you serious we have been here all day and the people staying past 10 came in at 5 so they had time to eat before they came in where as the people who were there all day ate earlier like 2 for me. Is that ridiculous or what? I mean if you didn't want us to have the food why not wait until after 10 to serve it. Most of us were pretty pissed off about it, but what can you do? Nothing. I was glad to go home and chill after that.
I am coming along on my MOMS Club, hopefully I will know soon if we have a meeting place or not, I found a Church that I am hopeful will let us meet there. Who knew it was so hard to find a place to meet just once a month.
The kids are all doing well, G goes back on Monday for his milk challenge, I am anxious about it and hope that he will be able to tolerate the milk, and we can start introducing that into his diet. Wouldn't that be great? I did call the G.I. Dr. and his test for celiac came back negative so that is great news. I am hoping we are on the track to outgrowing all of these things.
L hasn't really had any curious George moments lately, she told me today that G ruined her life, it was so cute because she was mad that he had taken a nugget in her room and it ruined her life. LOL H has been little miss attitude lately, no mater what you say to her she has an attitude. I am about to pull my hair out because I don't know how to get her mouth to stop. But we are working on it. Well I guess that is all for tonight. Till next time remember ti hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come........

2009-01-07T00:29:00.002-05:00

WOW! Can you believe it two blog posts in one week? LOL
I promised I would try to do better so I am trying. Hubby and Step-Son made it home safe and sound. We are back into the school grove, and it has been a little bit of a challenge, the girls don't want to go to bed at night and then H doesn't want to get up in the morning. But we will get back into the swing of things soon I hope.
I did call the GI Dr. yesterday and the nurse called back to tell me all of G's blood work came back negative, I am not sure exactly what that means. The only thing that should have come back negative was the celiac test, the other test were a complete blood count, and test of his vitamin levels. So I will have to call back and get exactly what was meant by that. When the nurse called yesterday it was about 4:30pm, and that is pretty much bewitching hour in my house, I had kids going crazy and didn't get to talk to her. I tried to call today and got voicemail, so I will call again tomorrow. The good news is, no celiac. But that doesn't explain what is going on with him. The weight loss, the loose stools, and still the reflux. The GI Dr. said if these results came back questionable we would do another biopsy, so I am not sure where we go from here. I guess we will see.
Well I guess that is all for tonight. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come.......................

2008-2009

2009-01-04T01:09:00.005-05:00

Well everyone is in bed but me as usual, so I thought I would take time to post a blog since I have been failing in the blogger dept lately.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Our was good. We opened gifts at home on the Friday before Christmas, because this was the only night I was off that week. The kids had a great Christmas at home, but were much more excited by the trip to my Mom's. We left for her house on the night of the 23rd after I got off work, and arrived early the next morning. The kids were so excited to see Grandma and Happy as we arrived. G was most excited by the fact that Grandma and Happy have 3 cats, which he loves to chase around the very unchild friendly house. LOL We spent Christmas eve with my family, this year we agreed that we would only buy for our immediate family, so this Christmas was much less cauous than previous Christmas'. It was so nice to see all the family. The visit also included hubby's dad and his girlfriend, and hubby's grandma. The kids were very excited to see Grandpa G. They were a little sad that although they could see all the gifts under the tree they would have to wait until Christmas morning to open them, since in previous years we opened on Christmas Eve. So we ate then they went for a visit to Grandpa G's while Happy and I prepared Santa gifts. Then we were off to the hotel to sleep and await Santa. The next morning, we got up and headed back to Grandma;s to see what great gifts Santa had left for everyone. H got a new scooter, some bratz dolls, a new Hello Kitty CD player, a Jonas Brothers CD, and a Hannah Montana Guitar. L got a new My little Pony bike, two helmet sets to match, and some Bratz dolls. G got a new Thomas train set, some new trains, and a new Thomas writing board. They weer so excited. Then on to the presents from Grandma and Happy. H got a new computer, she was so excited and that has been all she has talked about since. She also got new clothes. G and L got new clothes and new toys, and were both excited as well. We then sent the day again with family and friends. It was nice to get to see everyone. I only wish we got to do it more often. My mom was ever so generous with us this year as well, she bought us clothes and a new TV a 48" vizio, we were so excited. We are truly blessed with great family. My mom also gave step son a new tv for his room so he was as excited. Hubby bought him a car a 2005 Talon, right now it is in pieces and needs work, but it will be nice for them to fix it up together and then he will have a cool car hopefully it will be finished by march when he turns 16. So I would say he had a great Christmas as well.

New Years, we spent at home hubby and I and H, L, and G. Step son is at his moms and will not be home until tomorrow. I bought plastic champagne glasses, and let the kids toast the new year with some juice, they were so excited. We all danced and watched the ball drop it was great.

Now for the other non holiday related stuff. I took G back to the allergist and the GI Dr's on the 23rd. He is now being tested for Celiac, and they are also testing his vitamin levels to make sure he is getting enough, I have not heard any results yet but hopefully by Monday I will hear something or I will have to call them. We are going on the 19th for a milk challenge they will give him little amounts of milk and see what kind of reaction he has to it. I am so hopeful that he will have no reaction at all and that the milk allergy is gone. I will keep ya posted on how it goes. Please pray for little G and all these test he is having. Pray that Celiac is not the cause of some of his issues. This would be bad to add to a milk and egg and nut allergy. No gluten as well. What would the poor kid eat?

L has been her normal self so full of life and curiosity, but we haven't had any major incidents lately, not anything we couldn't deal with.

H is doing well in school and although she has the attitude of a 16 year old she is a great little girl. LOL

I have been working alot with the holidays, and next week is inventory then everything should get back to normal.

Hubby is still enjoying his job here and really likes the people he works with so that is a great improvement over the company in Knoxville. I still really miss Knoxville but am glad he is happier here.

Well I guess that is all for my update tonight I will close with some Christmas pictures. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come........................

Happy New Year!

2009-01-02T01:32:00.002-05:00

I am so sorry for the lack of updates. I am going to try to be better with the new year. LOL I know I have said that before. I hope you all had a great Christmas and a very Happy New Year. Ours was nice. We visited my mom for a couple of days for Christmas, and we had a nice family New years. It was very nice. I have a heck of an update coming and will try to do it this week I just wanted to check in.

Finally updating!

2008-12-14T11:08:00.002-05:00

I have been failing miserably at updating my blog. Sorry for the delay in blogging. I often think about updating, but then I just don't find the time. I did sucome to the national obsession and got enthralled in the twilight series, I have read all but New Moon twice. I love these books! The kids are doing well, curious George cut her hair again while I was at work one night, she colored the bed and the wall with a sharpie one night again while I was working. The usual curious George kind of things she always does. G is doing well, his allergies seem to be doing well, he goes back to the G. I. Dr. and the allergist next Monday. So we will see how that goes. H is doing well in school and I am proud that she continues to improve on her reading skills.
We are now in Christmas mode, me working and this kids eagerly anticipating Santa and gifts. We will be going home for a very quick trip for Christmas. We will leave here when I get off on the 23rd and drive that night, we will stay the 24th and 25th and return on the 26 so I can work that night. It will be a very quick trip but I look forward to seeing my family. I know this is a short update, but I need to get the house picked up. So I will try to be better about updating. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come............

Curious George and other Random things

2008-11-17T10:03:00.003-05:00

OK so i am not the greatest at blogging everyday. LOL I just cant seem to keep up.
So Saturday while I was at work, I called home at lunch time and asked hubby how things were and he told me H had colored G's nose and drawn whiskers on him. Not just colored the end of his nose, his whole nose. How did she get him to sit still that I long? Then when I got home hubby told me he had good news the kids had found our two missing brushes (missing now for about a month). I asked what is the bad news? He says L cut her hair again. Damn it! Why does this child always have to be in something? I just don't understand. Then last night we put the kids to bed, and hubby and I went to Wal Mart leaving the kids with step son. We were gone for about an hour maybe a little longer. When we got home it was after 10pm. The girls were still awake. Hubby and I had been home about 30 minutes when we heard H ask L why she had him in the bed? Him being the hamster. Hubby went in and L was holding him up by his tail. Poor hamster. How long did they have him in their bed? Who knows. She also colored the walls while I was at work on Saturday. And yesterday I was going to take a nap, hubby was going to watch the kids. He ran to the store leaving step son in charge, well the kids were running through the house screaming, so I couldn't take a nap. I got up, and L had an egg one that had not been cooked and was headed to her room. Um no I do not think so. Can you imagine the mess that would make?
We bought a new Christmas tree yesterday, but I haven't gotten it out of the car yet because I didn't want the kids to see and want to put it up already. We will wait until after Thanksgiving to do that. Now I need to get my shopping started. Well I guess that is all for now. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come.

MOMS Club, and Houses

2008-11-12T00:32:00.002-05:00

Well I haven't exactly been blogging everyday like I was supposed to, but I am doing my best. LOL I don't know if I mentioned before or not that I was considering starting a chapter of MOMS Club here. There isn't a MOMS Club here and in the past it has been a great resource for me. So a little over a month ago, I sent in the paper work to get a chapter going here. So today I got a call that now I am just waiting on my manual to get the chapter started now. So hopefully it will go well. In the past I have not always had the best luck getting things going, so we will see. I just know that I need other mom friends, hell who am I kidding I need friends period. I had one friend here my neighbor, but I don't talk to her much anymore. So now I really don't have anyone. I rely on my step mom mostly, and she has her own things going on, so I know she doesn't want to listen to me complain all the time. But she is great and she listens no matter what. I love her for that!
Also I have never really liked this house we are in, in fact I hate it. It always has this funky smell, and the floors in this house are horrible. Anyone who knows me knows I am a floor person and I cant stand the floors to be dirty all the time. Well in this house short of pulling up all the floors there is no way around them being dirty. I have cleaned the 3-4 times to no avail. And I just really don't like the house. Hubby did a great job painting it and trying, but I still just don't like it. He had a very short time to find the house and did the best he could, so I have tried to make the best of it. I didn't want him to think I was ungrateful, but yesterday I mentioned that I would really like to find a nice newer house, and he agreed he would like to as well. I felt relief that he was on the same page, so now we are going to start looking for a new house. We are in no hurry at this point, he signed a month to month, so we have time. We will look until we find something we both like, hopefully with no carpet! We went and looked at a few tonight, well just drove by them. We found one in a neighborhood we really liked, but the house is a little small. But like I said we are in no hurry, we can take our time. So I think that is what we will do.
I think between finding the job, making friends, and hopefully finding a new house it will improve my outlook on life. Anyway that is all for now. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come.

Happy 4th Birthday To L

2008-11-09T23:56:00.004-05:00

4 years ago today I gave birth to my sweet L. I cant believe she is 4 today. My sweet little curious George. I love you.

Here is the birth story I posted the day after she was born 4 years ago, on my previuos blog. Man have I really been blogging that long?

8:10am, L and I are doing well they have her in the nursery right now checking her over. She is such a good baby. She hardly cries at all, she even got a shot yesterday and didn't cry. She is very mellow. H absolutely loves her, yesterday the nurses were working on L and H said mommy I want my baby back. L is not mine and Hubby's she is Hs. Step Son has warmed up to her now and even wrote a story about her for his homework assignment yesterday.
I thought I would post my birth story for those of you who wanted to know what is going on so here goes-
Monday 3:15- I had my regular dr 37 week appt, and my blood pressure was 154/78, so it was a little high and I had a trace of protein in my urine. My doctor sent me to Labor and Delivery to have a non-stress test and get some blood test run. I had H with me and could not bring her to labor and delivery, so I called Hubby to come get her. It took him about an hour to get her, so I sat and waited in the waiting room with her asking me are we going to have L today mommy. She was really ready. I finally got upstairs to labor and delivery, and my pressure had risen to 178/96. Really high. They were very concerned, they planned on doing the c-section right away. They sent off all my blood work, and put me in a room to wait for the results. They continued to monitor my blood pressure and although it was still a little on the high side, it was coming down. They hooked me up to the monitors, and I was having contractions every 3-5 minutes. I think L had just decided she was ready! My labs cam back and my potassium level was low, so they started me on potassium and checked me I was 1 centimeter dilated at that point, but my blood pressure was staying consistent, so they decided to keep me overnight and keep giving me the potassium and wait until my doctor could see me in the morning. So I waited contracting all night.
Tuesday 8:30am- My doctor arrived and checked my cervix was 2 centimeters and my blood pressure was at 140/90, so we decided today was the day and he scheduled us for 11:00am c-section. At this point I started to get really really nervous! But I was so ready to see her. They came in and gave me my epidural about 10:30(man was that horrible). They came and wheeled me back to surgery at about 11:15, and at 12:11 Lainey arrived. She weighed 7lbs 11oz, and I though my goodness if she had gone three more weeks she would have been huge.
We are now doing well and my blood pressure is down to 140/70 still a little high but good. We are glad she is here!

Friday, Dr's, Curiuos George, and shopping

2008-11-07T23:37:00.003-05:00

Happy Friday to all. We started the day off with getting ready for L's well visit. As I was giving them a bath, L pulled something brown out of her private parts, I knew it didn't look like poop so I asked her what it was. She said a marker, it wasn't a marker, but a piece of a crayon. How do you get that in your girl parts? I am not sure. But she did, and last night when I got home from work, she had poured an entire thing of powdered chocolate mix on the floor and mixed it with water. Step son did his best to clean it up and I was pleased that he tried but why oh why does she do these things? So when we went to the Dr I was determined to seek out help for these issues, I soon learned I need a new Ped. This is not the first time I have thought this, in fact this is our third visit and two of those I was not impressed with. Today when I was explaining to her that L is like no other 4 year old I know, she is always into something. She was very dismissive, so I again tried to explain to her, that I do not know what to do. I love L with all my heart but I cant handle this behavior and I don't want to be yelling at her all the time. And at this point I am. She asked what I do for discipline, I again tried to explain that everything I have tried is not effective, and I need help. She said she is a strong willed child that knows how to push your buttons, and you need to find something that is special to her and use that as a reward for good behavior. I tried again to explain to her that it is not just her pushing my buttons, and yes she is strong willed but I need help. Well this help is obviously not going to come from her. I know that now Ped's are really focused on not only the health of the kids but moms mental state as well. And I really need help, if she cant help me, I thought maybe should could direct me to someone who could help, but this was just not the case. I was very displeased with the outcome. Maybe I am wrong, but I was seriously asking for help. I came home and tried to find a solution on my own and as far as behavior issues, all you can find info on is ADD/ADHD, and I don't think this is the problem. I do not know what the problem is but I need help.
After picking the kids up from School, H and I went shopping for me. I was given a 50% off coupon for graduating from training to sales associate. But I had to use it by Saturday. So my mom offered to let me buy some clothes and they would be my Christmas. I was fine with that. I was excited. So I got 5 pairs of pants, 4 shirts, 2 dresses and 2 pairs of Cole Haun shoes for $495.00. I was very excited. So now I have some nice work clothes. It felt good to buy myself nice clothes. I will wear them to work tomorrow. Sunday is L's 4th birthday. So we will have a small celebration for her. Well that is all for tonight. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come..............

Escalators and kids dont mix!

2008-11-06T23:48:00.003-05:00

Well Last night I left my phone at work, so this morning I had to go pick it up. Of course L wanted to go on the escalator, so we went to go up. I am not exactly sure what happened, but I think this is how it went. We got on her first G and I behind her, I think she tried to grab the railing because she didn't have her foot all the way on the step, but she didn't realize the railing was moving. SO she lost her balance and tumbled down the moving escalator, I was holding G's hand and I couldn't get to her quick enough. All I could think was she was going to get to the bottom and get stuck, but she fell about 5 steps and hit her head on one of the steps and this stopped her before I could pick her up. She of course was terrified and was screaming at this point. I felt horrible. I picked her up and we went continued up. When we got upstairs I was able to put G down so I could take a look at her and console her. She has a few scratches on her back, and she did bump her head but she was fine. I think she was more scared than anything, as was I. I felt so bad for her. I held her for a long time and tried to get her to clam down. When I finally got her calmed down, after many employees concern we went down, not the escalator the elevator. I think it will be a while before she want to ride the escalator again. That was our fun today! Wish you were me? Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come............................

Just who is Obama?

2008-11-05T23:39:00.002-05:00

this will not be my most popular post, but I feel the need to share with you who our president elect is.

Taken From the Odessa America

Maybe Rayeanne Hawley in looking for the truth should look a little deeper to find out who Barack Obama really is.
What about his friend and mentor he mentions in his book as "a poet named Frank." He is actually Frank Marshall Davis, the black communist writer. Davis was a known communist who belonged to a party subservient to the Soviet Union. Makes you wonder what good ideas Obama might have gotten from him.
Google: Obama and Frank Marshall Davis.What is the connection between Obama and Dr. Khalid al-Mansour, a man who opposes Israel, hates whites and who was a former Black Panther. We know that he helped get Obama into Harvard, and has helped raise funds for his political ventures. Why would he be so interested in Obama? Why would Obama associate with this man?
Google: Obama and Khalid al-Mansour.What about his friendship with slum lord Tony Rezko. They have known each other since 1990. He was a major fund-raiser for Obama in his bid for the Illinois State Senate and for the U.S. Senate.
Google: Obama and Tony Rezko.And finally, there's Jeremiah Wright, the radical, racist, America-hating pastor, who used the Lord's name to damn America and blamed America for the 9-11 disaster. Obama sat and listened to him for 20 years. You might wonder if he might have had some influence in shaping Barack Obama's outlook on life! Why did Obama wait till it threatened to derail his political campaign, to disassociate himself from Jeremiah Wright.
Google: Barak Obama and Jeremiah Wright.Why do so many disreputable, radical, racist people support this man?
What do we really know about him?Is he really what we want in the White House?

Just something to think about...........................

Get out and vote!

2008-11-04T09:53:00.002-05:00

No matter who you are for get out and vote. Make your voice count!

Day one of blogging for a month and day one of hubby being gone

2008-11-01T22:40:00.002-04:00

Can you believe it is November 1 already? Man where did this year go? L will be 4 next Sunday. She is growing up.
Today we were planning family fun clean up day. Well nobody thought this was a fin idea. I have to admit I don't like it either, but my house has gotten out of control. So we got up took showers and baths and headed off to the grocery store. Came home ate lunch and then started cleaning. The girls were assigned to their room, I started on the kitchen and step son worked on the playroom. I got started on the kitchen and went to put bleach in the bathtub to soak while I was cleaning up the kitchen. As I am cleaning, I go to check on the girls. They have written all over their bed. I know this time it was not just L because there was words written on the bed, and she cant spell. So I told them as soon as Grandma gets home they can call her and tell her that they wrote all over at $1500.00 bed. I told them to finish cleaning up the room and then get a rag and try to clean off the marker from the bed. Well I went back to clean the kitchen some more, I then went again to check on the girls and I found L in the bathroom playing in the bathtub, remember the one I put bleach in earlier. She was putting a colored picture in the water and had it in her hair, and her clothes. UM HELLO Bleach water a 4 year old. Damn it. Why does she always have to be in something? I don't understand her, she is constantly getting into something. One of the girls at work suggested I ask the Ped. about it. She has a 4 year well visit on Friday so i will ask her, although I am not sure what they can do for her. She is SUPER smart, and SUPER curious.
Last night I had to work, so this was the first year I had not been trick or treating with my kids. But this was the first year hubby has been here and has taken them. So the mall had trick or treating and they came up there. G refused to put his costume on, yes his $40.00 costume. He would not wear it. So he just wore his clothes. They were very cute. As we were all getting ready to go, L wanted her baby(her bear) to be super girl like her, so I had to sew her bear a cape, then H wanted one for we webkinz chipmunk, so I had to sew her one too. they were both very proud of their animals capes. When I got off work they were all still up suffering from a sugar high. I had to get them all ready for bed, they went to bed without much fuss. I think they had a great night.
Hubby left today for his annual trip to Vegas for the Sema show. He will be gone until next Saturday. So we will be here alone all week.
The allergist called today with the Rast test results. They showed negative for milk and eggs and wheat. Yes negative, we have had this test before that was also negative, but he still had a reaction to the milk. So we will see. The next plan is a food challenge, we will give him a little milk and see what happens, if nothing we will give him a little more. And so on. I am hopeful that he truly doesn't have the allergy anymore, but still cautious. We will see what happens. He did show an allergy to peanuts, so no nuts for him. I also explained to her that we had not had any breathing treatments before we came, but since it has been getting cold at night we have had to start them again. She said she was afraid of this, so to keep him on the pulmicort, and only use the zponex as needed. So we are back on breathing treatments. Man it would be great if he has outgrown the milk and egg allergy, but I did alot of research and rasp test are notorious for providing false negatives and positives. So we will see. I think I am going to ask if we can retry the skin test as well when we go next month.
Well I am pooped from cleaning the house and mowing the yard, so I think I am off to bed. Till next time remember ti hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come..........................

Happy Halloween!

2008-10-31T09:51:00.002-04:00

Happy Halloween! I hope you have a great day and get loads of candy! I mean the kind you steal from you kids after they go to bed. LOL This will be the first year I have not gone trick or treating with the kids. i have to work tonight. But hubby has never taken them he isn't usually here so he misses it. So he will get to take them that will be fun for him.
I signed up to blog everyday in the month of Nov. for national blog posting month. Blogging for a whole month? I hope I can find something each day to talk about. LOL If you want to join stop here http://www.nablopomo.com/ .

Happy Birthday Grandma!

2008-10-29T00:38:00.003-04:00

Happy Birthday Grandma! I love you so much. I miss you today as much as ever. The kids and I will send balloons to you after H gets out of school. I hope you have a grand celebration in Heaven. Your family here will all be thinking of you.