VERY fast!! And for some reason, faster than most!
Yesterday we got up late (but still early!) for DJ's game, good thing I had breakfast all ready to heat n eat! Howie took DJ and I took Sam...so he left all of 3 minutes before us and we arrived together...Howie's dad came and so did Jake...and my g/f Shirah came too! DJ had a mediocre game too, kind of a let down after the last couple weeks! It seemed like he was watchin the ball good til they changed hands and ran the play in the other direction and he lost track of it!
After the game Howie left us for work...and the 3 of us headed for home immediately! I had a Norwex show at 1pm and the sitter was coming for noon...and I needed to get myself presentable! Not an easy feat sometimes! In the end tho, I even had time to make the kids' lunches and have them start on them before I left! They were both very excited for Deborah to come....Sarah's sister....Sarah was busy with a previous engagement, so we used Deborah for the first time. I'd forgotten how much info needs to be exchanged to a new sitter!
The show went great!! Started late, but still got done and outta there by 3 which was my goal! Then I met up with an Avon client at my boyfriend's job, couldn't spend too much time with him as I needed to get home for the sitter to go. Her mom came to pick her up and we chatted a bit before they left. Then it was me n the kids til bedtime!! We did leftovers for dinner and then they each got a bath before going to bed. They were out pretty quickly too what with playing with Deborah all afternoon!! Howie got home about 9:30 and was in bed an hour later he was so tired! They had a Spooktacular event for families at the club and he got to work....he was kidded out!
This morning, we were actually AT church with 8 minutes to spare!!! Not sure we've ever done that before! I got up with the kids and Howie slept til just after 9 when I woke him....at which point the kids were fed and dressed for church already...so it was just us that needed to get ready. I found a pair of pants I hadn't worn in years in the closet and they were too big, but did the trick. Until we're sitting in service, I bend down to pick something up for the umpteenth time for DJ and the zipper pops....YIKES!!!! I knew the pants were old (probably 15 years or more) but dang!!!! I quickly walked to the bathroom and re-zipped them back up.
After church we went to Lowes...the kids' toilet handle broke yesterday and its the most used toilet in the house what with all that dog poop flushing! We also walked around the Christmas decorations and the kids were thrilled with that! Then we stopped at a new buffet place we've been talking about trying....and were VERY impressed!!! The food was really good!! They didn't have the kid staples, like mac n cheese or pizza so they had to branch out their palates today! AND they both LIKED what I put on their plates! Sweet n Sour chicken. Egg rolls. Honey Chicken. Yakisoba noodles. Beef n Broccoli. and a few other things! DJ was oh so close to trying some sushi, but at the last second said no....Sam wanted no part of that! lol Neither of them liked the desserts either...but loved their ice cream!!!
When we got home I got started on laundry...now that I have the Norwex detergent again I wanted to do the kids sheets and blankets...especially Sam's! They helped me strip the beds which was new to them at we're usually doing it in the middle of the nite after an accident. They also tidied up the downstairs and did a good job...til after dinner when they went down there to play and messed it all up again...but the initial clean was what they needed to carve pumpkins. We still had DJ's field trip pumpkin and the 3 out in the garden to do. I have to say, the ones I grew were so amazing to work with!!! Soft flesh and smelled less pungent than the farm ones! DJ wanted scary faces again and Sam wanted happy faces...so I gave DJ a vampire one and an angry eye browed one. Sam got one with hearts for eyes and then one with stars for eyes...she was very pleased with my talent! LOL
Since none of us were really hungry for dinner even tho it was after 6, the kids and I headed to the shed to shop...good haul too! Howie and I had chatted before hand and he was going to light all the pumpkins up while we were gone....it was cute to hear the gasps in the backseat! We got in and the kids each had the sandwiches they picked out with half an apple as their dinner...oh and chips and hummus too! Howie and I were still not hungry...but I was downing the water!
Howie went to bed in between DJ falling asleep and Sam going to sleep...one day off is not enough sometimes!! I got his lunch and coffee ready and then sat down and watched Amazing Race (today actually looked doable!) and then Desperate Housewives (laughable for the most part!!) and the Good Wife (which was good too!) and now I'm ready for bed. I didn't blog last nite as I fell asleep in my chair watching tv and when I woke just took myself to bed! Sorry about that! :)
Til next time...God bless!
Monday, October 31, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
We Rock The House
Meadowdale rocks the house
And when Meadowdale rocks the house
We rock it all night long!
We are officially WESCO (don't ask what it stands for, cuz I'm not sure) champs!!! And we got that way with another undefeated year!!! The last two years that Jake's played football, they've been undefeated in regular season play!!! That is impressive!!! The stands were electrified last nite too!! Top it off, it was senior nite...so all the senior players had family members out on the track to honour them and thank them for putting up 4 years (or more) of football and that schedule. Jake originally asked to have DJ on the field with him, but with it being an 8pm game, AND a Thursday nite (school nite) it was just too much to put DJ thru that and have to live with the kid the next day!! So instead he had his dad and mom on the field with him...I got nice and close to take pix and the memory card flashed full! GRRRRRRRR Thank goodness Gayleen got a bunch of pix!!!
This morning I got a bit of a sleep in....with the game being last nite, he was back on regular Friday shift today....and got up with the kids and took DJ to school...first time he was on time this week!! So Sam and I had a lazy breakfast and got ready to head to the school to do hot lunch for 10:30. This time the lady who runs hot lunch got smart and brought a bin of toys in for SamSam and her son Sam...and they played while we served pretty much ALL the kids today!! I think I heard we had 100 of the 120 kids today!! It was mac n cheese, banana and cake with cherries and whipped cream. YUM!!!! Sam gobbled hers up too when it was finally her time to eat!
Then we waited in the truck for it to be recess time...I dozed off and almost missed recess all together. It was pouring rain too...so my usual group decided to stay in (there's no cover where we go) and I joined up with DJ's crowd for their recess under the basketball pavilion...man what a chaotic recess that was! I much prefer the older grades thankyouverymuch! After recess Mrs Hughes gave me some stuff to photocopy and cut up and I got it all done before school let out at 3...I think I'm at 17 hours of my 20 hours for volunteering!! Not bad for the first 2 months of school!! I don't think I have another hot lunch tho til January the way the schedule worked out...my available Fridays are holidays coming up...but we'll still have recess duty!
When I picked DJ up outside he was great...then we got in the truck and I learned he didn't eat his lunch!!! He ate the cake, that was it!! Oh and one bite of the mac n cheese and didn't like it!!! I then spent the next hour listening to him cry/whine/moan about how hungry he was....it was just pitiful!! We discussed about how if he'd eaten his lunch we wouldn't be having this discussion!! This was while we were in Freddy's by the way...and I refused to get him a cookie too! His behaviour was atrocious!!!! He couldn't get a grip on it! So he suffered.
Then on the way home he fell asleep....best 20 minutes of my day!!! WOW!!! I got everything in the house and Belle out potty before I woke them up (Yep, Sam fell asleep too) and got them in the house...at which point the begging/pleading/crying/whining/moaning continued! I kid you not!! Now, as I'm making his dinner his is going on...at which point I sent him to his room as I didn't want to be on the news for child abuse! Dinner was a nice quiet moment too...the whining stopped!!
Since we ate so early (we were done at 6) we sat down and watched Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown....and I have to say, I don't like it!! Lucy calls her brother "stupid" and a "blockhead"....not nice! And she's just a big ol meanie really!!! The kids enjoyed it...and watched it twice. So while they were on their second viewing, I went and had a shower! Then, thankfully, it was their bed time...but it still took me 45 minutes to get them there!! They were both over tired and I was worn out!! And they were both still awake when Howie came home minutes after I'd shut DJ's door....so he put them both back to bed before sitting down to eat dinner.
We then watched Once Upon A Time...the previews looked great...and I have to say, it WAS great!!! Hard to do character development in the first hour of any series, but they did a great job!! I'll be watching again this Sunday instead of waiting for On Demand! Its already set up in dvr! Howie went to bed half way thru as he was whupped!! So I watched Grey's (FUNNY!!!!!) and Private Practice (equally funny and horrific) and now I'm heading to bed!
Til next time...God bless!
And when Meadowdale rocks the house
We rock it all night long!
We are officially WESCO (don't ask what it stands for, cuz I'm not sure) champs!!! And we got that way with another undefeated year!!! The last two years that Jake's played football, they've been undefeated in regular season play!!! That is impressive!!! The stands were electrified last nite too!! Top it off, it was senior nite...so all the senior players had family members out on the track to honour them and thank them for putting up 4 years (or more) of football and that schedule. Jake originally asked to have DJ on the field with him, but with it being an 8pm game, AND a Thursday nite (school nite) it was just too much to put DJ thru that and have to live with the kid the next day!! So instead he had his dad and mom on the field with him...I got nice and close to take pix and the memory card flashed full! GRRRRRRRR Thank goodness Gayleen got a bunch of pix!!!
This morning I got a bit of a sleep in....with the game being last nite, he was back on regular Friday shift today....and got up with the kids and took DJ to school...first time he was on time this week!! So Sam and I had a lazy breakfast and got ready to head to the school to do hot lunch for 10:30. This time the lady who runs hot lunch got smart and brought a bin of toys in for SamSam and her son Sam...and they played while we served pretty much ALL the kids today!! I think I heard we had 100 of the 120 kids today!! It was mac n cheese, banana and cake with cherries and whipped cream. YUM!!!! Sam gobbled hers up too when it was finally her time to eat!
Then we waited in the truck for it to be recess time...I dozed off and almost missed recess all together. It was pouring rain too...so my usual group decided to stay in (there's no cover where we go) and I joined up with DJ's crowd for their recess under the basketball pavilion...man what a chaotic recess that was! I much prefer the older grades thankyouverymuch! After recess Mrs Hughes gave me some stuff to photocopy and cut up and I got it all done before school let out at 3...I think I'm at 17 hours of my 20 hours for volunteering!! Not bad for the first 2 months of school!! I don't think I have another hot lunch tho til January the way the schedule worked out...my available Fridays are holidays coming up...but we'll still have recess duty!
When I picked DJ up outside he was great...then we got in the truck and I learned he didn't eat his lunch!!! He ate the cake, that was it!! Oh and one bite of the mac n cheese and didn't like it!!! I then spent the next hour listening to him cry/whine/moan about how hungry he was....it was just pitiful!! We discussed about how if he'd eaten his lunch we wouldn't be having this discussion!! This was while we were in Freddy's by the way...and I refused to get him a cookie too! His behaviour was atrocious!!!! He couldn't get a grip on it! So he suffered.
Then on the way home he fell asleep....best 20 minutes of my day!!! WOW!!! I got everything in the house and Belle out potty before I woke them up (Yep, Sam fell asleep too) and got them in the house...at which point the begging/pleading/crying/whining/moaning continued! I kid you not!! Now, as I'm making his dinner his is going on...at which point I sent him to his room as I didn't want to be on the news for child abuse! Dinner was a nice quiet moment too...the whining stopped!!
Since we ate so early (we were done at 6) we sat down and watched Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown....and I have to say, I don't like it!! Lucy calls her brother "stupid" and a "blockhead"....not nice! And she's just a big ol meanie really!!! The kids enjoyed it...and watched it twice. So while they were on their second viewing, I went and had a shower! Then, thankfully, it was their bed time...but it still took me 45 minutes to get them there!! They were both over tired and I was worn out!! And they were both still awake when Howie came home minutes after I'd shut DJ's door....so he put them both back to bed before sitting down to eat dinner.
We then watched Once Upon A Time...the previews looked great...and I have to say, it WAS great!!! Hard to do character development in the first hour of any series, but they did a great job!! I'll be watching again this Sunday instead of waiting for On Demand! Its already set up in dvr! Howie went to bed half way thru as he was whupped!! So I watched Grey's (FUNNY!!!!!) and Private Practice (equally funny and horrific) and now I'm heading to bed!
Til next time...God bless!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
She bounces quick!!!
Just like that, this morning it was like she wasn't sick!! She reminded me, while half asleep no less, that she was allowed to have some crystal light today....yesterday was all about water, and she wanted some CL, but with her tummy, I told her to wait til today...she remembered that and wanted it NOW!! We woke up late, so breakfast was on the go! Then we got caught behind a bus that made two VERY long 40 second stops...then the train caught us in town...there was NO way I was gettin him to school on time! The golden window of opportunity lies between 8:06 am and 8:12 am...before that you hit the buses, and after that you get the train! ugh!
After dropping him off, Sam and I went to the post office to mail off a couple things...then the dentist next door to make the kids' appointment for a cleaning (the 5th in case I forget!) and then to SVEC to drop off books...which took A LOT longer than I anticipated! But we plowed thru it and got it done. I say we, but really mean me...Sam was no help at all!!! lol
From there we headed to the dance center to wait til it was our turn....she has very little patience!!! But she made it and was ADORABLE in her black swan outfit...even tho really, it was just her black tutu, body suit and red tights!! We don't have "princess" costumes, so she didn't have one to wear to dress up for halloween...and her monkey suit would have had her sweating up a storm!!! So I called her outfit "black swan" to make a joke, and they thought it was awesome! lol Who am I to let them down!??! She thrilled in their new move...a twirl with her hands above her head...just excelled at it too!!
After dance we picked up pizzas and dropped them off at the shed before heading home for lunch...I made the grave mistake of trying to keep Sam awake on the way home...she was almost out cold too!When she was done eating she laid on the chair with a blanket (it was COLD today...even saw frost on the way to school) and no go for the nap!! So I got dinner on the stove and hopped in the shower before Howie got home. Tonite was a super early dinner as DJ had football pictures in town at 5:35...and then he met us at Awana and Howie came home to enjoy his 3 hours of peace and quiet!!
It was pj's and snack and then bed for the kids...as it was, it was still 9:17 when I closed DJ 's door for the second time! Then I got lunches and coffee ready for tomorrow before sitting down with a needle and thread to add patches to the kids' Awana vests...they either need to make the patches iron on or self stick somehow...they're extremely thick to sew on and hurt my fingies!! In any case, I got them done while watching Survior and Happy Endings. Then I watched Revenge...thoroughly enjoyed that one tonite!! Kinda creeped me out tho! And Belle instantly barking outside when I took her to potty scared me even more!! Hate when she does that!!! Then I got a scam phone call on the bat phone at 12:38!!! Who does that!?!?!
Til next time...God bless!
After dropping him off, Sam and I went to the post office to mail off a couple things...then the dentist next door to make the kids' appointment for a cleaning (the 5th in case I forget!) and then to SVEC to drop off books...which took A LOT longer than I anticipated! But we plowed thru it and got it done. I say we, but really mean me...Sam was no help at all!!! lol
From there we headed to the dance center to wait til it was our turn....she has very little patience!!! But she made it and was ADORABLE in her black swan outfit...even tho really, it was just her black tutu, body suit and red tights!! We don't have "princess" costumes, so she didn't have one to wear to dress up for halloween...and her monkey suit would have had her sweating up a storm!!! So I called her outfit "black swan" to make a joke, and they thought it was awesome! lol Who am I to let them down!??! She thrilled in their new move...a twirl with her hands above her head...just excelled at it too!!
After dance we picked up pizzas and dropped them off at the shed before heading home for lunch...I made the grave mistake of trying to keep Sam awake on the way home...she was almost out cold too!When she was done eating she laid on the chair with a blanket (it was COLD today...even saw frost on the way to school) and no go for the nap!! So I got dinner on the stove and hopped in the shower before Howie got home. Tonite was a super early dinner as DJ had football pictures in town at 5:35...and then he met us at Awana and Howie came home to enjoy his 3 hours of peace and quiet!!
It was pj's and snack and then bed for the kids...as it was, it was still 9:17 when I closed DJ 's door for the second time! Then I got lunches and coffee ready for tomorrow before sitting down with a needle and thread to add patches to the kids' Awana vests...they either need to make the patches iron on or self stick somehow...they're extremely thick to sew on and hurt my fingies!! In any case, I got them done while watching Survior and Happy Endings. Then I watched Revenge...thoroughly enjoyed that one tonite!! Kinda creeped me out tho! And Belle instantly barking outside when I took her to potty scared me even more!! Hate when she does that!!! Then I got a scam phone call on the bat phone at 12:38!!! Who does that!?!?!
Til next time...God bless!
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
I have discovered
That I don't function real well on 2 hours of sleep!! But that's all I got before I woke up to SamSam crying in the hallway...so I grab my glasses and go investigate...she's thrown up at her door trying to open it to get to the bathroom...and it's a lovely pesto green!! *gag* So I get her cleaned up, in a new pull up and new jammies and bring her and a bowl to bed with me...not 20 minutes later she's throwing up again...so I take her out to the living room so as not to bother Howie.
And she was on a 25 minute cycle...she'd doze, I'd just start to doze, she'd moan, and then throw up! After an hour of this she was dry heaving...but just like DJ, I wasn't giving her squat! Then before we knew it, Howie was up for the work day...left for the work day...and DJ was up at 5:50...told him to go back to bed, he said no...told him to go to my bed, he said no....so he grabbed a blanky and a pillow and went back to sleep in Howie's chair.
My eyes were like sandpaper when the alarm went off at 7...but DJ just bounced right up and announced it's a school day! I'd already emailed the gal we were to have a school thing with for one of the groups I volunteered to be on to let her know we wouldn't be attending due to illness. I tried to make DJ be quiet, but he was just too excited for school...so we had breakfast, he packed his backpack with his lunch and snack...then I woke Sam up and got her ready to go with us, jammies and all. As we're putting shoes on she starts heaving again...at which point I thought I was gonna have both of them puking....DJ can NOT handle the sight/smell/sound of someone puking in front of him...a Dr he will not be!! LMAO
Dropped DJ off and turned right around and headed for home...Sam had already used the bowl once on the way there...and then again on the way back...so I messaged the gal I was to drop the books to and told her it wasn't gonna be today...turns out she was takin her youngest daughter to get casted for a broken arm. Once home we put the Disney channel on and she watched that in between the dry heaving...which slowed down some. So much so we tried a tablespoon of water and it stayed down. So then an hour later, I tried two tablespoons...bad mistake! Poor thing was upchucking within seconds!! So we waited another couple hours (and a nap) to try again and only did 1 tablespoon at a time an hour apart.
Howie and DJ got home from work and I was well on the laundry train!! My Norwex order came and I had soap again!!! It piled up some over the weekend once I knew the soap would be here today. Like 7 loads worth! Mind you, some of that is pukey laundry we wouldn't normally have!!! Oh, and those ill fated jammies DJ pooped in...got those suckers cleaner than new!!!! The first wash they still had an odour...so I put some odor eliminator IN the wash and they came out smelling AWESOME!!!!!! You'd never know they were full of shit 3 days ago!!! Literally!!! lol
Dinner was just the three of us...Sam tried to sit with us, but ended up laying on the couch instead. After dinner there were no baths to be given so we worked on the kids' verses for tomorrow...as of right now Samantha is cut off of all extra curricular activities...but DJ is not...and he's got two verses a week! Awana kinda snuck up on us this week...or me rather! Been so busy on puke patrol the days ran into each other.
After the kids were in bed we watched X Factor....and I'm officially hooked into this show now!!! That was a tough elimination round!! SO glad that Simon didn't keep Tiah...the three girls he did keep were THE best!!! The groups I'm good with...and the over 30's I'm more than good with...but I have no clue who was kept in the boy's group as I wasn't around to watch that one! Should be an interesting show! Other than that, there wasn't much else on...so I cleaned up the dvr a bit and now I'm more than ready for bed!!! Early too!!
Til next time...God bless!
And she was on a 25 minute cycle...she'd doze, I'd just start to doze, she'd moan, and then throw up! After an hour of this she was dry heaving...but just like DJ, I wasn't giving her squat! Then before we knew it, Howie was up for the work day...left for the work day...and DJ was up at 5:50...told him to go back to bed, he said no...told him to go to my bed, he said no....so he grabbed a blanky and a pillow and went back to sleep in Howie's chair.
My eyes were like sandpaper when the alarm went off at 7...but DJ just bounced right up and announced it's a school day! I'd already emailed the gal we were to have a school thing with for one of the groups I volunteered to be on to let her know we wouldn't be attending due to illness. I tried to make DJ be quiet, but he was just too excited for school...so we had breakfast, he packed his backpack with his lunch and snack...then I woke Sam up and got her ready to go with us, jammies and all. As we're putting shoes on she starts heaving again...at which point I thought I was gonna have both of them puking....DJ can NOT handle the sight/smell/sound of someone puking in front of him...a Dr he will not be!! LMAO
Dropped DJ off and turned right around and headed for home...Sam had already used the bowl once on the way there...and then again on the way back...so I messaged the gal I was to drop the books to and told her it wasn't gonna be today...turns out she was takin her youngest daughter to get casted for a broken arm. Once home we put the Disney channel on and she watched that in between the dry heaving...which slowed down some. So much so we tried a tablespoon of water and it stayed down. So then an hour later, I tried two tablespoons...bad mistake! Poor thing was upchucking within seconds!! So we waited another couple hours (and a nap) to try again and only did 1 tablespoon at a time an hour apart.
Howie and DJ got home from work and I was well on the laundry train!! My Norwex order came and I had soap again!!! It piled up some over the weekend once I knew the soap would be here today. Like 7 loads worth! Mind you, some of that is pukey laundry we wouldn't normally have!!! Oh, and those ill fated jammies DJ pooped in...got those suckers cleaner than new!!!! The first wash they still had an odour...so I put some odor eliminator IN the wash and they came out smelling AWESOME!!!!!! You'd never know they were full of shit 3 days ago!!! Literally!!! lol
Dinner was just the three of us...Sam tried to sit with us, but ended up laying on the couch instead. After dinner there were no baths to be given so we worked on the kids' verses for tomorrow...as of right now Samantha is cut off of all extra curricular activities...but DJ is not...and he's got two verses a week! Awana kinda snuck up on us this week...or me rather! Been so busy on puke patrol the days ran into each other.
After the kids were in bed we watched X Factor....and I'm officially hooked into this show now!!! That was a tough elimination round!! SO glad that Simon didn't keep Tiah...the three girls he did keep were THE best!!! The groups I'm good with...and the over 30's I'm more than good with...but I have no clue who was kept in the boy's group as I wasn't around to watch that one! Should be an interesting show! Other than that, there wasn't much else on...so I cleaned up the dvr a bit and now I'm more than ready for bed!!! Early too!!
Til next time...God bless!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
DOA
If I could, I would take this sickness on me instead of DJ being the one down for the count! This morning he didn't wake til just before 9 and then came back to me 5 minutes later saying he'd tried throwing up but nothing came out...poor guy!!! But since I had made plans to run to town and do a couple errands, that's what we did! DJ didn't get out of his pj's...just added socks and a sweatshirt...his choice! We did the bank errands, and met up with my g/f Kody and did the books at the shed before coming back home. At which point, he assumed the position on the couch!
He was hungry tho, so had some goldfish and seemed okay for a while. We read a book I got from the shed that had the Bug's Life characters in it, so I tried finding it on Netflix...no go, dvd only! So frustrating...tell me again why we're paying 9.00 a month for this...especially since they've taken Dexter, and a couple series that Howie was watching, off the instant stream option. GRRRRRR And they still don't have close captioning on their programming.
Ok, back to my day....instead the kids watched Dragon Tales...3 episodes of it....DJ and I snuggled on the couch (with Belle, who was an angel!!) til Howie called and we talked dinner choices. Then I got a call from the hearing aid place. My hearing aid that I dropped off on Friday is NOT fixable by any means!! It was pretty messed up!! *sigh* And she told me this happens frequently....how on earth!!?!?! This is the first time a dog's eaten my aid...unlike my homework...I could totally see Belle doing that tho come to think of it! So we talked options about what's out there now as the ones (or one now) that I have is 5 and a half years old...which is old in the tech world of hearing aids! She was telling me that they now have ones that are bluetooth capable and can also hook into the tv so you don't have to have it so loud...now that would be awesome! Not necessary, but damn that would be good! I have no clue how it works...however, I'm curious! In any case, it'll have to wait til January before we do anything....and thankfully it was my left aid she got as I'm right ear dominant...so I can still hear fairly well!
DJ fell asleep while I was on the phone with the hearing place...so Sam and I enjoyed our quiet and she chose Barney!!! Howie came home and he slept on...I tried waking him at 4:30 but no bueno! Since he wasn't going to football practice, he didn't NEED to be awake...I tried 3 times tho to wake him up! Whew! He didn't want our dinner and instead had some toast and jam...and seemed to perk right up! So much so, he was making a fine old mess in the bathroom during bath time!!
Sleep however, was not his friend right away....he came out maybe 10 mins after being put down and said he couldn't sleep and wanted to be with me til I went to sleep...HA, not happenin kid!! My "me" time is when he IS alseep!! So I tok him back to his room, read two more books, and put the music back on...didn't hear a peep from him since!! So I watched tv and knit!!
And then frogged the hat I'd started and was VERY close to finishing...'cept I tried it on, and it fits me but isn't long enough...and it's for Sam...so clearly I have the wrong pattern on the go!!! OY!!! Unravelling an eyelash yarn is pure torture!!! It took all of Hart of Dixie AND half of Castle to get my mess untangled!! Sheesh!
Til next time...God bless!
He was hungry tho, so had some goldfish and seemed okay for a while. We read a book I got from the shed that had the Bug's Life characters in it, so I tried finding it on Netflix...no go, dvd only! So frustrating...tell me again why we're paying 9.00 a month for this...especially since they've taken Dexter, and a couple series that Howie was watching, off the instant stream option. GRRRRRR And they still don't have close captioning on their programming.
Ok, back to my day....instead the kids watched Dragon Tales...3 episodes of it....DJ and I snuggled on the couch (with Belle, who was an angel!!) til Howie called and we talked dinner choices. Then I got a call from the hearing aid place. My hearing aid that I dropped off on Friday is NOT fixable by any means!! It was pretty messed up!! *sigh* And she told me this happens frequently....how on earth!!?!?! This is the first time a dog's eaten my aid...unlike my homework...I could totally see Belle doing that tho come to think of it! So we talked options about what's out there now as the ones (or one now) that I have is 5 and a half years old...which is old in the tech world of hearing aids! She was telling me that they now have ones that are bluetooth capable and can also hook into the tv so you don't have to have it so loud...now that would be awesome! Not necessary, but damn that would be good! I have no clue how it works...however, I'm curious! In any case, it'll have to wait til January before we do anything....and thankfully it was my left aid she got as I'm right ear dominant...so I can still hear fairly well!
DJ fell asleep while I was on the phone with the hearing place...so Sam and I enjoyed our quiet and she chose Barney!!! Howie came home and he slept on...I tried waking him at 4:30 but no bueno! Since he wasn't going to football practice, he didn't NEED to be awake...I tried 3 times tho to wake him up! Whew! He didn't want our dinner and instead had some toast and jam...and seemed to perk right up! So much so, he was making a fine old mess in the bathroom during bath time!!
Sleep however, was not his friend right away....he came out maybe 10 mins after being put down and said he couldn't sleep and wanted to be with me til I went to sleep...HA, not happenin kid!! My "me" time is when he IS alseep!! So I tok him back to his room, read two more books, and put the music back on...didn't hear a peep from him since!! So I watched tv and knit!!
And then frogged the hat I'd started and was VERY close to finishing...'cept I tried it on, and it fits me but isn't long enough...and it's for Sam...so clearly I have the wrong pattern on the go!!! OY!!! Unravelling an eyelash yarn is pure torture!!! It took all of Hart of Dixie AND half of Castle to get my mess untangled!! Sheesh!
Til next time...God bless!
Monday, October 24, 2011
What started off
As a good weekend went to shit in a hand basket pretty quick!!!
Literally!!
DJ had another AWESOME football game on Saturday morning with two flag captures...and it was steadily raining...even Howie had an umbrella up!! Sam added one to her Christmas list...yes, we've started those already!! Keeps the "I wants" to a minimum...sorta...lol
Then we got home from football and Howie said he wasn't feeling well, so he went to lay down and took a 3+ hour nap....the kids played downstairs with Jessica who came over and I was upstairs folding laundry and puttering. At 3 I left to go to the shed to an unload of the run that was coming in...I filled in for another gal who's been sick all week. About 4 I got a text from Howie that DJ threw up...and I tried calling right away...just as the number was dialed, the phone went dead...grrrrr. So it wasn't til I got home that I could assess the situation. At which point, he was throwing up again...and again...and again...poor kid!!! I lost track of how many times he threw up for the 8 hours he was throwing up for. The kids both went to bed after a bath shortly after 8...and SamSam (who'd had a cat nap at 5!!) took til almost 10 to fall asleep...then at 10:30 the shitstorm happened.
I was watching tv when I saw the light go on in the bathroom and DJ go in (I can see on the reflection of the fireplace glass) and so I went in to see how he was doing...he had his pants down and was about to sit on the toilet but was gagging at the same time....from the smell!! He had NO clue he'd shit himself...*gag* as I'm writing this...and so he sat down (pants half down) and tried throwing up in the toilet...meanwhile I got the shower running and asked Howie if he could take care of this as I'm gagging now too. I can deal with puke, but poop is another story! *gag* he said no, that he'd be puking too....great! So I go in and get him undressed and in the shower and cleaned up. Then I put him on the couch and try to deal with the pj pants...got them somewhat rinsed off and decided to bag it...literally...wasn't sure they were worth saving! Even if they were new!!
Then I wanted him back in bed, and I didn't...his room decided for me that I didn't...it reeked of shit...took the sheets off the bed even tho there was nothing on them, and tossed 'em downstairs. I also bleached the tub and toilet to help with the smell too! *gag* It was just awful!!! Since I wasn't sure if there would be another poop 'splosion, I let him sleep on the couch and I slept in my chair...not the most comfortable, but I was right there for him when he needed to dry heave at 1:30. Howie was up at 6:15 and took over watching him sleep....I went to bed and told him we were NOT going to church!
I then got up at 9:30 and came out to eat breakfast. DJ was back to his normal self...and had a piece of toast in front of him...and he'd had some water! No more vomiting and he was begging to carve his pumpkin...something we were to do yesterday!! I was shocked at his turn around!! He bounces quick that's for sure!! After I ate, I hopped in the shower and got ready to head out Avoning...football is helping with the deliveries, but there's still a few to do when the time comes.
My goal was to be home by 4...but it wasn't til 4:30 that I actually got home....and found my truck parked in the garage!!!!! I'd asked Howie to make it possible soon now that the rains have found us again...and really...why not!?!? lol He (and the kids) made it possible!! We then got right into carving the pumpkins!! DJ was good with gettin his hands in there and digging out the guts...but Miss SamSam, yeah, that lasted all of one teeny tiny scoop...and then she was off washing her hands! Cracked us up!! But hey, its more than last year...and the year before that she screamed bloody murder when we tried to get her to do it! So we're at least getting some progress!! They each drew their own faces on with a dry erase marker....oh it was CUTE!!!! Sam drew her eyes too small, so I used them for the pupils of the eyes...and her nose was too small...but her "smile" (she wanted a happy pumpkin) was good...I just made it bigger and with 7 teeth as requested!! DJ on the other hand, drew an awesome face (he wanted an angry/mad) face and his has 10 teeth that will bite you!! lol They were both thrilled with our lack of artistic talent in this department!
After dinner I headed to the shed to shop and then came home to put kids to bed...then Howie watched bit of Amazing Race with me and went to bed himself. I love how that race can change from week to week! You can be in first and all of a sudden, with one wrong move, you're dropped 5 places!! Fascinating to watch! Then Desperate Housewives, which was comical in so many ways!! And then The Good Wife, which was good! Always good! Now I'm heading to watch the backs of my eye lids...I hear they're having a double feature! :)
Til next time...God bless!
Literally!!
DJ had another AWESOME football game on Saturday morning with two flag captures...and it was steadily raining...even Howie had an umbrella up!! Sam added one to her Christmas list...yes, we've started those already!! Keeps the "I wants" to a minimum...sorta...lol
Then we got home from football and Howie said he wasn't feeling well, so he went to lay down and took a 3+ hour nap....the kids played downstairs with Jessica who came over and I was upstairs folding laundry and puttering. At 3 I left to go to the shed to an unload of the run that was coming in...I filled in for another gal who's been sick all week. About 4 I got a text from Howie that DJ threw up...and I tried calling right away...just as the number was dialed, the phone went dead...grrrrr. So it wasn't til I got home that I could assess the situation. At which point, he was throwing up again...and again...and again...poor kid!!! I lost track of how many times he threw up for the 8 hours he was throwing up for. The kids both went to bed after a bath shortly after 8...and SamSam (who'd had a cat nap at 5!!) took til almost 10 to fall asleep...then at 10:30 the shitstorm happened.
I was watching tv when I saw the light go on in the bathroom and DJ go in (I can see on the reflection of the fireplace glass) and so I went in to see how he was doing...he had his pants down and was about to sit on the toilet but was gagging at the same time....from the smell!! He had NO clue he'd shit himself...*gag* as I'm writing this...and so he sat down (pants half down) and tried throwing up in the toilet...meanwhile I got the shower running and asked Howie if he could take care of this as I'm gagging now too. I can deal with puke, but poop is another story! *gag* he said no, that he'd be puking too....great! So I go in and get him undressed and in the shower and cleaned up. Then I put him on the couch and try to deal with the pj pants...got them somewhat rinsed off and decided to bag it...literally...wasn't sure they were worth saving! Even if they were new!!
Then I wanted him back in bed, and I didn't...his room decided for me that I didn't...it reeked of shit...took the sheets off the bed even tho there was nothing on them, and tossed 'em downstairs. I also bleached the tub and toilet to help with the smell too! *gag* It was just awful!!! Since I wasn't sure if there would be another poop 'splosion, I let him sleep on the couch and I slept in my chair...not the most comfortable, but I was right there for him when he needed to dry heave at 1:30. Howie was up at 6:15 and took over watching him sleep....I went to bed and told him we were NOT going to church!
I then got up at 9:30 and came out to eat breakfast. DJ was back to his normal self...and had a piece of toast in front of him...and he'd had some water! No more vomiting and he was begging to carve his pumpkin...something we were to do yesterday!! I was shocked at his turn around!! He bounces quick that's for sure!! After I ate, I hopped in the shower and got ready to head out Avoning...football is helping with the deliveries, but there's still a few to do when the time comes.
My goal was to be home by 4...but it wasn't til 4:30 that I actually got home....and found my truck parked in the garage!!!!! I'd asked Howie to make it possible soon now that the rains have found us again...and really...why not!?!? lol He (and the kids) made it possible!! We then got right into carving the pumpkins!! DJ was good with gettin his hands in there and digging out the guts...but Miss SamSam, yeah, that lasted all of one teeny tiny scoop...and then she was off washing her hands! Cracked us up!! But hey, its more than last year...and the year before that she screamed bloody murder when we tried to get her to do it! So we're at least getting some progress!! They each drew their own faces on with a dry erase marker....oh it was CUTE!!!! Sam drew her eyes too small, so I used them for the pupils of the eyes...and her nose was too small...but her "smile" (she wanted a happy pumpkin) was good...I just made it bigger and with 7 teeth as requested!! DJ on the other hand, drew an awesome face (he wanted an angry/mad) face and his has 10 teeth that will bite you!! lol They were both thrilled with our lack of artistic talent in this department!
After dinner I headed to the shed to shop and then came home to put kids to bed...then Howie watched bit of Amazing Race with me and went to bed himself. I love how that race can change from week to week! You can be in first and all of a sudden, with one wrong move, you're dropped 5 places!! Fascinating to watch! Then Desperate Housewives, which was comical in so many ways!! And then The Good Wife, which was good! Always good! Now I'm heading to watch the backs of my eye lids...I hear they're having a double feature! :)
Til next time...God bless!
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Tardiness...
This morning DJ was up pretty quick as he knew it was field trip day to the same pumpkin patch we went to on Monday. But did that help us get out the door on time?!?! Nooooo! And to be fair, some of that is my fault as it wasn't til 7:50 that I realized my plan for the morning included a trip to costco and that meant we weren't coming back and needed to eat and deal w/ Belle. Ugh! In any case, he got his first tardy slip...and I'm sure it won't be the last!!
SamSam and I ended up waiting in costco's parking lot (we were 2nd) for an hour til they opened at 10. Samantha enjoys being unbuckled in the truck...and watchin a movie of her choosing. Then we get in there and we got lost looking at all the toys and games and clothes before even doing our shopping!! All told we spent and hour and a half in there and raced home to have lunch. While we were eating my Avon came, which was good as I was starting to stress about it! They've changed my driver's route and he's how 4 hours later than what I'm used to! So I quickly packed up the orders and got the ones ready for today's delivery ready to go out the door!!
First we had recess duty and I wasn't sure if it would be outside due to rain, but we were still on!! When we got out there it was barely sprinkling...by the end of recess, it was comin down steady...kids didn't seem to mind much...and no one melted!! As we were using the bathroom, DJ's class came back from the Farm. So we grabbed his pumpkin and boots and took them to the truck to make it easier on him. Then Samantha and I went to the truck...her to watch Horton and me to read. Once school let out we did some Avoning before heading home.
When we got home the kids tried to go next door...got no answer til I noticed them out front riding bikes...then K came over to play and I went and had a shower. K stayed while we had dinner and then the 3 of them headed next door. I got ready in peace and then the babysitter showed up. I called over to have the kids come home and they weren't ready...so I left w/o hugs!!! Wow! I stopped for gas and then headed to Jake's game in Edmonds. I was walking up to the ticket booth when the Mavs scored their first TD!!! Jake had another awesome interception!!! So proud!! After the game (we won 142-7) we waited to see Jake and then headed home to relieve Sarah. Then I got started making breakfasts for tomorrow morning. Whew!! Now I'm off to bed after watching Sweet Home Alabama Updates...good to see Adam and Devin are still workin on it!!
Til next time...God bless!
SamSam and I ended up waiting in costco's parking lot (we were 2nd) for an hour til they opened at 10. Samantha enjoys being unbuckled in the truck...and watchin a movie of her choosing. Then we get in there and we got lost looking at all the toys and games and clothes before even doing our shopping!! All told we spent and hour and a half in there and raced home to have lunch. While we were eating my Avon came, which was good as I was starting to stress about it! They've changed my driver's route and he's how 4 hours later than what I'm used to! So I quickly packed up the orders and got the ones ready for today's delivery ready to go out the door!!
First we had recess duty and I wasn't sure if it would be outside due to rain, but we were still on!! When we got out there it was barely sprinkling...by the end of recess, it was comin down steady...kids didn't seem to mind much...and no one melted!! As we were using the bathroom, DJ's class came back from the Farm. So we grabbed his pumpkin and boots and took them to the truck to make it easier on him. Then Samantha and I went to the truck...her to watch Horton and me to read. Once school let out we did some Avoning before heading home.
When we got home the kids tried to go next door...got no answer til I noticed them out front riding bikes...then K came over to play and I went and had a shower. K stayed while we had dinner and then the 3 of them headed next door. I got ready in peace and then the babysitter showed up. I called over to have the kids come home and they weren't ready...so I left w/o hugs!!! Wow! I stopped for gas and then headed to Jake's game in Edmonds. I was walking up to the ticket booth when the Mavs scored their first TD!!! Jake had another awesome interception!!! So proud!! After the game (we won 142-7) we waited to see Jake and then headed home to relieve Sarah. Then I got started making breakfasts for tomorrow morning. Whew!! Now I'm off to bed after watching Sweet Home Alabama Updates...good to see Adam and Devin are still workin on it!!
Til next time...God bless!
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