Good Times

Well our Christmas started on Christmas eve, we went over to Mike's parents house and the kids got their gifts. They gave them money because they didn't know what to get them. So that was excitement for them. All they were talking about is what they wanted to buy. After we left we went to dinner and El Chico and then home to decorate santa cookies and get in the bed so the man in the sleigh could deliver his gifts. Thankfully the kids went to be pretty easy. I was asleep before Mike which surprised me. I'm usually the last one to sleep on Christmas eve. But of course I was up at midnight, then 1:30 and then finally at 4:30. The kids were so exicted because santa brought them a Wii!! They were even more excited to open gifts. We opened gifts and even though we didn't get them much this year they enjoyed every gift they recived.

So after opening gifts I made a big breakast of eggs, hashbrowns, bacon and biscuits. It was delicious. I got the kitchen all cleaned up and decided I needed to lay back down, it was going to be at least until noon before we left for my parents house. So I took a nap and it was nice!!! Then we headed to my parents for gift exchange. We ate lunch first and then the gifts, its so much fun seeing all the kids open their gifts. My parents got me and Mike a set of bar stools, thank you mom, you didn't have to!!! She had just mentioned she would be getting my sister some and I told her to get prices for me so I could buy some at a later time, well she surprised us with them. I also got a travel wallet and a phone card for the phone the kids got me.

We finally headed home and I put my swollen self to bed. My legs have swelled so much over the last week and its surely because I've been busy and on my feet all day. Finally this morning the veins in my feet were actually standing out but I still feel swelling in my calfs. I know by the end of the day though I wont have normal looking feet or ankles but I guess I will deal with it.

I will be 33 weeks tomorrow and I feel the time slipping away. I still have so much to do!!! I've got to get the other crib cleaned up and set up, clean out the van so I can install the carseat bases, clean up the playpen, start packing my hospital bag and I still have much more to buy for these babies. My sister had her twins at 35.5 weeks so it scarees me that it could happen to me and thats just 2.5 weeks away and I still have too too much to do.

Here's some photos from Christmas

 The Wii

 Mikey got a BB Gun

 Kaylee trying to get the box opened

 Lexi opening a gift

 The chaos at my mom's house, the floor was covered in paper at the end

And for show my 31 week belly picture!!

Finished!!!!!

Yes I am finished Christmas Shopping!!! If I forgot anything I will just have to hand out an IOU!!! I've been on the go since 6:30 this morning. Our first stop was MCD's for breakfast, then walmart. That was a 2 hour trip. Brought stuff home and then headed back out to the dollar store for a gift bag I forgot, then to Radioshack(which by the way they suck!!!), then to Walgreens. After walgreens we came back home to bring stuff home. Then back out again to get some lunch, no way I was cooking today. So a stop at Burger King. Then home, the plan was to nap but that didn't happen all Kaylee and Mikey wanted to do was fight. I then got disgusted with  my hair so we left and went to get my hair cut and got back to the house at 2:30pm. I am worn out. I still have to go to work and then tomorrow I will be back at work from 8-2, blah!!!!!!

3 days!!! Eeekk

Thats right, 3 days until Christmas!!! And I'm not done shopping yet! I will finish tomorrow morning thankfully. I've still got to get a present for Lexi, one for Mikey and 2 for Kaylee plus stocking stuffers and I will be done. I've made my mom a calendar, well I still have to get it printed and put together and add pictures but I should be done with it tomorrow. I think I'm going to get my Dad a movie watching bundle, hope to find a movie he will like and get him a big ole bag of m&m's his favorite and some popcorn. I'm always dumbfounded on what to get him. Guys are so hard to shop for. So tomorrow I should be completely done and it will be so good.

I had a sonogram on tuesday and all is well. Harley is head down and weighs about 4lbs 1oz and Ella is breech and weighs about 3lbs 11oz. I really hope Harley stays head down it will make delivery so much easier!!! Both look very good and they don't want to see me back for 4weeks. I'm fine with that because I am getting sick of appointments!!! Right now I see my ob every 2 weeks and it will soon be every week. I need to speak with him and find out exactly how long he will let me go. I thought for sure he said 38 weeks but I will ask just to be sure.

The kids are out on break and like always driving me crazy. Lexi has been at her Grandmas all week and she will be home tomorrow and maybe then it wont be so bad. Mikey just can't seem to leave Kaylee alone. So maybe once Lexi is home he will know he isn't allowed in the girls room and maybe just maybe he will quit picking. I'm tired of threatning to return gifts!!!

Friday!!

It is finally friday, this means payday, last day of the school week, last day of school for two weeks!! I got up bright and early like I always do. I got the kids off on the bus, Kaylee was excited because she got to wear her pj's to school today! They will be having a day filled with activities and watching the movie the polar express. As soon as the bus drove away I was headed off to Walmart do get groceries. I'm glad we didn't need much because that meant I got out of the store quicker. I had hoped to get some more Christmas gifts but I think that will wait until next friday, blah!!! I did get all the bills paid this morning. Now I'm just waiting around until I have to go to the school at 1:30 to see Kaylee sing in her program.

I think I may try to lay down and take a little nap, kind of tired this morning. Glad tomorrow is saturday and Mike will be home, I hope he can help me with some household chores.

Nesting Perhaps?

I think I may be beginning to nest or just making good use of my days off. Today I did all the laundry, went and waited at the wic office to sign up, came home and put laundry away and this included making my bed. Started dinner in the crockpot, made a quick trip to the grocery store, decided to pull the covers off the carseats to wash them, wiped down the exterior and interior of the carseats, put away a basket of baby blankets, burp rags and wash cloths, washed the baby bathtub, got the springs and the mattress put into the crib, then decided to orgainze my kitchen, put the new pyrex away that I bought on black friday, pulled everything off the countertops and cleaned the countertops all the appliances got cleaned too. I also swept the kitchen floor. Feels like nesting. Glad I got it all done. Tomorrow I have plans of washing the carseat covers and crib sheets, sterilizing the bottles and pacifiers, putting away the bottles. I am also going by my sisters house to pick up the remaining baby items from her.

I will probably catch up on my sleep in the morning too because I am worn out!!!!

Christmas is Coming!

Oh Christmas will be here before we know it!!! Only 13 more days! This whole year has really passed by quickly for me. I am almost finish shopping. Still got a few more things to get, one more gift for Lexi, one more for Mikey and three more for Kaylee and stocking stuffers for all. And if money allows I really need to get my parents something even though they have said not to.

My weekend went quick, which was good because I had to work. Mike worked all weekend too. Yesterday evening we did go shopping and got the mattress for one of the cribs. We also got a few other things for christmas and the babies. We also picked up the girls from Grandma's house, they stayed the weekend. Mikey was suppose to go but he was sick so he had to stay home. Saturday night we acutally took him to the hospital because when I got home from work he was doubled over in pain and Mike was actually in the process of getting dressed so he could take him. So we all went. He did get diagnosed with strep and his stomach pain could have been associated with the strep but a bit after being at the hospital he was having gas and trying to go to the bathroom. He is fine now and on a antibiotic.

What to do, what to do

Have you ever had those days where you feel like you have nothing to do, you want to do nothing even though you know you have a million and one things to do? I've been having alot of those days. Most of the time my day goes like this:

-Get up at 5:30am
-Wake the kids at 6:00am
-Watch the news while reminding the kids what time it is
-Remind the kids to brush their teeth, wash face, brush hair
-Sign the kids notebooks from the day before
-Take the kids to the bus stop at 7:00-7:10am
-Back in the house from the bus stop 7:20 - 7:30
-Eat Breakfast
-Lay down to watch tv and maybe drift off asleep 8:00am
-If I have fallen asleep, which most days I do I wake around 10:00am - 11:30am
-Eat Lunch while watching the news 12:00
-Watch One Life to Live, I can't miss it anymore, its ending in January 1:00pm - 2:00pm
-At 2:00pm I usually change the tv to Rachael Ray and take a shower if I'm doing so that day
-At 3:10pm its back down to the bus stop to get the kids
-If I work that day I'm usually trying to watch the news and break up little fights between the kids until I leave at 4:20pm
-If I'm off that day I'm usually in the kitchen preparing dinner

So I just do nothing during the day, although watching oltl is alot of work ;)

I know I need my rest but I feel like I just spend my days in the bed. I need to wash some baby stuff, need to pull the covers off the car seats and wash them, sterilize bottles for the first use, hunt down the baby nail clippers that I know I have but can't seem to find, organize my scrapbook closet, fit in the new shelf I bought for in there. So I have stuff to do I'm just being lazy and wont do it. Maybe tomorrow!!!

Pregnancy

I'm trying to enjoy this pregnancy as much as I can since it will be my last, but I don't know if my body is going to hold out till the end. Everything has been really good, I love feeling my babies move and kick. I love when someone asks when I'm due and I tell them and they have a look of shock, then I have to tell them I'm having Twins and then their shock is even bigger. They tell me how blessed I am, and I am.

The downside to this pregnancy is my hips feel like they are going to fall off, I feel like I need to sleep on a bed of clouds. I can get pretty comfortable but then when I get up or switch sides the weight from my belly is killing my hips. I feel like someone has stood next to me and just punched me over and over again on my hips. Swelling is something I've pretty much kept at bay thankfully. I've had some mild swelling and the week of Thanksgiving I did so much running around that I did swell up pretty good for a few days. Indigestion and heartburn I can deal with most of the time, although some days its so bad. Now that I'm on iron supplements along with my prenatal the bathroom thing just isn't happening like it should and making me miserable. I'm increasing my veggies and fruits and water but I'm just not winning this game. For the past two days I've been pretty much in pain. I would love to go for a walk to help things get moving but its so dang cold outside that its not going to happen.

I will be so glad when this pregnancy is over so I can get my body and my bodily functions back!!! And of course hold my babies!

Updates

Thanksgiving was a good one this year. We went to my mom's for dinner and its was delicious!!! All the kids had a good time and it was good getting to visit with my Mom and Dad. I feel like I don't see them enough anymore. The couple of days after Thanksgiving were a blur because Mike got sick with either food poisoning or a stomach virus. He was sick for 4 days!! On the tuesday following Thanksgiving I had a sonogram again and they fiinally got all the pictures needed. Our ultrasound tech was awesome too he printed me 15 photos!! These babies are going to have quite the sonogram picture collection by the time they are here. So both babies are growing great. Our boy is measuring a week ahead and weighing about 3lbs 1oz. Our girl is measuring right on schedule and weighing about 2lbs 11oz. I really can't believe I am now 29 almost 30 weeks pregnant with these babies. They are going to be here before we know it. The very next day I had my regular ob appt, I got my results from my diabetes test and I passed with flying colors. My only problem is my iron is very low. It tested at 26 and I need to be between 34-48. So I am now on iron pills along with my daily prenatal. I hate that I am having to take the iron pill but I will, I hope I can raise my level by delivery. My dr spoke about the possiblilty of a blood transfusion after delivery and I really would like to avoid that by all costs. I did get irritated at my dr because at my first initial appointment when they took blood it came back that I had low iron and he didnt bother to tell me about it. So I've now got about 8 weeks to get my iron up. I could have had so much more time if they had told me earlier. I really despise taking the iron pills because of the effects but I am taking them. So we are preparing for the Christmas Season. I've been buying a little bit here and there of gifts. I'm about half way done if not more, I hope to knock some more out this week and hopefully finish next week. The kids are getting excited and they understand that this year we are not buying as much as we usually do. And its not because of money issues but because they have too much stuff to begin with and they will be getting gifts from other people. They are cute because they have been trying to guess what I have bought for them so far and they are so wrong. Well until next time!

Test

Pregnancy comes with testing and today I had to take my glucose test for gestational diabetes. The test takes an hour, you have to go in and they give you a sugary drink, you have 5 minutes to finish it and then you have to sit for an hour before they call you back. Once called back they draw blood and then send you on your way. It's not too bad but that drink is really sweet and always leaves me wanting a gallon of water afterwards. I should have my results at my next dr's appointment and I hope I passed because if I have to retake it, it ends up being a 3 hour test. But I've never had problems before so I should be ok.

Today has just been a busy day already, with my test this morning, then I went and got groceries. There was no way I wanted to wait until tomorrow because of Thanksgiving coming up. I can just imagine the crowds over the weekend. So I was happy to get in and do my shopping and get home. I got everything put away and then decided to grab a bite to eat.

Yesterday evening we put our Christmas tree up. I know a week early but I wanted to get it out of the way. Now for the next 30 some odd days I will have to hear Kaylee ask me when Santa is coming. This morning she woke up and asked if Santa came and I said no, and she fell apart in tears!!! It took begging to get her dressed and then teeth brushed and hair combed. I really hope that this isn't going to be something that happens everyday until Christmas.

Giving Thanks

I have so much to be thankful for...

My husband, he is my rock, my soulmate, my lover... I am so grateful that I found such a wonderful man to share the rest of my life with. He's a great father to our children, he always makes sure we are taken care of.

My children, they make me smile and my heart grow everyday. Each of them have their own special quirks about them. I couldn't imagine life without them.

My family, they are supportive and even though crazy most of the time I love them all.

My job, I am grateful for my job and a wonderful boss who is willing to work with me. She is understanding of my current needs that come with pregnancy.

Health, my children are healthy, as for me and my husband. The babies are healthy and growing everyday.

My pregnancy, I am happy my pregnancy has gone so well, everything is right on schedule, babies are growing good and right on target.

Never too late!

Never too late to post on my blog even though I haven't posted for almost 7 weeks. Time just gets away from me and I forget about my bloggy. I just need to make it a habit so I can remember to post daily. So since my last visit here I've been to the doctor again and at my sonogram they decided we are having a boy and a girl! Not that I'm not happy about that but the news did throw a wrench in. Only because I had picked out 2 boys names and hadn't even thought about girl names. So for the past 3 weeks its been back to the drawing board trying to pick a girl name and decide one of the boy names. Everyone keeps getting on to me because we haven't 100% decided on names. At the moment I have at least 11 weeks to decide, I think thats plenty of time to narrow it down.

We have been preparing for babies, Mike's sister in law gave us lots of stuff for the babies. I ended up with a baby bathtub, 2 matching carseats, a pack and play and lots and lots of clothes. My sister was able to give me a box full of baby blankets, burp rags and bibs. Last week target had a sale on bottles so I bought all of those. Going over my list of needs we arent needing much more. I will be buyiing some things after they get here, stuff we wont need right away.

The kids are more than excited that we are having a boy and girl. Lexi cheered, Kaylee smiled really big. Mikey probably doesn't want another sister but he does think its cool. He was less than thrilled when I decided to tease him and tell him they were both girls. I really thought he was going to break down in tears so I quickly told him that he was infact still getting a brother and a sister.

Shock!!!

Well I am now 20 weeks along and Monday I had my sonogram at the dr's office. We are having twins!!! I'm still in shock 2 days later. One is a boy and we are pretty sure the other is as well but we wont know until our next sonogram on Tuesday the 11th. I hope they are both boys, it would be awesome. We already have the name Harley James for one and if the other is a boy I think I really like Grayson Elwood.

Tried

I tried this morning to go and get a temporary insurance card. I had waited an hour and the kids started being impatient so we left. I'm going back on my day off, just have to get someone to watch the kids cause I'm not taking them with me. Mike called this morning and said he was going to urgent care for his hip. We went and got groceries and then waited on him. We had lunch and then back home where we waited and he finally came home at 3:30. I ended up calling in because we still needed to get his prescription and I didn't want him to have to watch the kids this evening. Grabbed something for dinner and now we are back home. I got a letter in the mail today that if I don't get insurance by August 25th my OB will no longer see me. GRRRR!!! So it will be more than important to go and get my insurance card on Monday. I don't want to have to find another doctor, I like my doctor. This is just crazy!!!

Long Silence Again!!!

Well I sure did get into blogging and fell out and tried to get back to it but fell out again!!! Lets see my last blog was late May. Alot has happened!!! The kids finished up school. Kaylee finished her speech class, Mikey finished the 3rd grade with good grades, I'm really proud of him although moving schools in mid-year his grades did drop. Lexi finished the 5th grade with good grades as well. She dropped a bit in grades but still came out with an A-B average. I think the change of schools made the drop in her grades as well. I do believe they will all do fabulous this coming school year. June was filled with alot of swimming at the apartment swimming pool. We got to have a visit from my sister that lives in California and her boys. So great to see them. I took a mini vacation to spend time with them. Also a few weeks before they came for a visit my Dad was in a motorcycle accident. Thankfully he only came away with a broken foot, it could have been alot worse. Poor Dad was told he would be out of work for 8 to 12 weeks. He ended up having surgery on his foot and is on the mend. He should be returning to work in September. July was a bit of swimming and alot of staying indoors. The poor kids have been couped up in the house for a month now all because at this point in time we have had 33 straight days of 100+ weather. I've tried to do fun stuff with them but we are running out of ideas and it sucks when you don't have much money to do anything. Yesterday we painted on some canvas boards. That was fun and took some of our time. But I know they are very bored and I'm glad that they all start school in about 2.5 weeks. They have also got to spend some time with Mike's parents going swimming and going to some movies.
So some good news is in order, I found out I was pregnant the day before my sister left!! At the moment I am 11 weeks 5 days, almost at 12 weeks and then we will tell everyone. So far just my mom and dad and siblings know. Of course I had to tell some people at work because of lifting that I can't do. The kids are very excited. Were not going to find out the gender of the baby, we want a surprise. Also Lexi will be in the delivery room with us, that will be exciting. I should be seeing the dr again soon and I hope we get to hear the heartbeat or have an ultrasound, that would be nice and help relieve my mind. But the good is I feel pregnant, I still have symptoms and my gosh I don't think I'm going to get a decent nights sleep anytime soon. It seems nightly I have very dramatic dreams and when I wake in the mornings I feel so tired like I've been up all night.

Last Day

Kaylee had her last day of speech class today, she was very excited because she knows she will be going to Kindergarten very soon. Although she doesn't know that she will be starting Summer school in about 3 weeks. I think it will go well though, it will be something new for her, yes it will still be speech but it will be a one on one with a speech teacher and probably once a week, I think. She's set up for 60 minutes a week, I hope its one class and not broke down to two classes, that would seem like a waste. And I really hope its not scheduled early in the mornings, I am looking forward to the kids being out of school and getting to enjoy some sleeping in.
So after speech class today Kaylee and I went to the famous McDonalds. One of her friends from speech happened to be there so she had a blast playing with someone at McDonalds that she actually knew. After McD's I had a decision to make, go grocery shopping or go by the dollar store. I chose the dollar store, I wasn't really in the mood to go and buy all the groceries and then have to haul them all up the stairs by myself. So we will go grocery shopping tomorrow. I'll have all the kids but thats extra sets of hands to help me carry it all. I really don't have much to get this week anyway, so it will all be good.
Mikey and Lexi are excited because they only have 1 week left of school. Today was Lexi's awards day, she got 9, yes 9 awards. I'm so proud. Mikey's was yesterday and he got 3 awards! Kay even got an award today, she was so excited. But that may have been because the award had princesses on it.

Silence

Well I've gone a month and a half without blogging and I'm sorry. Where to begin alot has happened. The first week of April I found out I was miscarrying. It's been tough but I have gotten past it and I'm moving on. I am still sad about it, who wouldn't be. It was tough delivering the news to the kids. Lexi was really upset, Mikey was ok, it didn't seem to bother him. Kaylee thought Mommy was just playing, she didn't believe it and every now and then she will ask if the baby is in my belly. I have to tell her no the baby went to heaven to be with Jesus, and maybe one day we will have a baby. I'm still unsure whether I want to try again. I do want another baby but it will be so hard if I miscarry again.
I've been dealing with insurance stuff that is driving me crazy. The kids insurance and my own. At the moment I have no documentation showing the kids are on insurance. I really hope that we know something soon.
Work has been rocky, they cut back on hours which was hurting us. Now we are three people short so my hours have gone back up, thankfully. I will welcome more hours.
The kids only have six more days left for the school year. I'm happy but not ready. I do not look forward to all the fights. I hope maybe just maybe they will behave this summer. I want little to no fights.
Kaylee's last day of school is tomorrow, but she will start summer school sometime in June. I hope it will be the second week of June. Lisa, Milo and Reese will be coming home May 31st to June 10th and I can't wait. I'm so excited to see them. We already have a trip planned to the zoo and I hope its not too bad heat wise. It will be lots of water and sunscreen I'm sure.
My dad was in a motorcycle wreck a few weeks back. He was riding along and a driver on the other side of the road decided he was going to u-turn and didn't even see my dad. My dad tried to swerve but couldn't and ended up hitting the guys bumper, the force made him fly over the windshield. He ended up with alot of bumps and bruises and a broken ankle. Last week he had surgery on his ankle and had screws put in. He's been in alot of pain, but I think he is on the mend now. Tuesday this week he had a follow up and he is healing well. The insurance adjuster totaled his motorcycle, whats bad is he had only had the motorcycle for 2 weeks when the wreck happened. So he will be without a motorcycle for quite sometime. He's hired an attorney and is getting everything taken care of. He will also be out of work for at least 12 weeks.

Oh my

So I'm sick again, the worst is over, I'm just stuffy now. It started Friday evening and Saturday I felt blah, Sunday I felt worse. I had to work all day and it was a long horrible day. Yesterday I still felt bad but not as bad. Today I'm better but not 100%.

So I'm cooking dinner today since I'm off work and were going to have chicken noodle soup. I hope, I hope it works out, I've never made home made chicken noodle soup. So I started with thawing a whole chicken and it was horrible. After the amount of time that the chicken should have been thawed, it wasn't. So I placed it in a bowl and filled with cold water. I let it sit for about 30 minutes and still I couldn't get anywhere with it. It was suppose to have giblets and such in the cavity but the darn thing was still so frozen I couldn't get it opened to find out. So I gave up and ended up at the grocery store buying some fresh chicken breasts. I think the soup isn't going to taste so well because it won't include dark meat but I guess we will deal. I need to think about what I'm going to make to go with it. What goes with chicken noodle soup? Nothing comes to mind. Although I did get some biscuits.... but I think we need a side dish.

A Good Week

Well it's Friday and its been a pretty good week. The kids started their new school and I think they have pretty much adjusted. Lexi has a field trip today, the same one she took a few weeks back with her other school. I told her well now you know everything y'all will be doing and you can show off by being the smartest one!

Mikey found out he has a field trip in may to casa manana to see the wizard of oz, I really want to go with him but I think it would involve finding a sitter and I just don't know if I could do that. It would make for a very busy day.

Last night I cooked dinner, well I should say yesterday morning I started dinner in the crock pot. I made the yummiest BBQ Chicken I ever had. I had a large pkg of chicken thighs so I put then in with a whole bottle of bbq sauce and they slow cooked all day. When it was time for dinner they were fall off the bone chicken thighs. So tender and moist and delicious. Mike enjoyed them too and he's not a big fan of chicken. But he did ask me for next week to make chicken and noodle soup in the crockpot. He wants me to find some recipes so he can cook too. I told him anything really he would be able to cook because you just throw it in and let it cook all day. Maybe he will start cooking some of the meals. It would be nice on the weekends.

This morning coming back from taking the kids to the bus, I came in and it was so quiet. Kaylee is still asleep so I left her while I walked the kids down. I just thought gosh if I wasn't pregnant then next year I would be all alone for 8 hours while all the kids were at school. It would be so quiet and lonesome. I don't think I'm ready for that. Although it would let me get many things done during the day while they are away like cleaning and grocery shopping. But it makes me sad. I am glad I won't be alone come October/November with the new baby. But I will be alone from late August to Oct/November. It will be strange. When Kaylee started her speech school this year it took some getting use to. It was strange to not have her for 2 hours and be all by myself. I think I'm just rambling about.

Wednesday!!

Well its finally the middle of the week, its about time. This week has been dragging by so slowly. I will be glad when Friday is here even though I have to work. The kids first day at the new school went ok. Mikey had a blast, he said he already met new friends. Oh and he has 4 teachers! They have rotations for math, reading and other subjects.. not to mention fine arts. Lexi said her day was ok, she was almost in tears! She said some girl that is in her math class yelled in her face at recess. And she doesn't even know what it was about. I asked her how new kids at her old school were treated and she said some kids would be mean to the new kids but eventually they would be nice to each other. I told her you just be you, be nice and polite and people who are timid of you will come around when they see what a nice person you are. I did tell her for the time being just avoid the mean girl. She says she already has made a few new friends. One which lives in our apartments and they ride the bus together. I think they will be fine, it just takes some time adjusting. I'm now glad we moved them to the new school now that way next year they will already have some friends and it won't be so scary going to a new school on the first day.

They also had a great second day of school. Lexi told me she didn't shake one bit on tuesday. She said Monday she was shaking like a leaf for several hours because she was so nervous. Mikey told me he has made some more friends and possibly a girlfriend. Just what he needs, ha.

I was off yesterday and got some much needed cleaning done and cooked dinner. We had beef tips and noodles and I fixed it in the crock pot. Here is my recipe.

1 lb. stew meat
1 can beef broth
1 lg sliced onion
1 pkg. sliced mushrooms
1 pkg egg noodles
2-3 pkg of brown gravy mix

Start by adding your stew meat and can of beef broth in the crockpot. Also use the beef broth can and had half water. Next place your mushrooms and onions on top. Put the lid on and let cook on high. After it had cooked for about 4 hours I did remove the lid and stir so the veggies could sink into the broth. I continued cooking on high for 4 more hours. About 30 mins before it was done cooking I added in the brown gravy mix, to do this I took a small bowl and added about 1.5cup of water and added the mix and whisked it to get a good mix, no lumps. I then poured it into the crockpot and gave it a stir. It cooked for 30 more minutes so the gravy could thicken up.
The noodles I fixed on the stovetop with the package directions. It was such a delicious meal. I will be making this one again and again. My family loved it. Everyone ate it and liked it although Lexi did pick out onions. Note on the onions since I added them at the beginning some did dissolve into the mixture, so there wasn't really much pieces of onion. You can always start out with your meat, broth and mushrooms and then at around the 4-5 hour mark add in the onion. I will probably do this next time. But either way it was delicious.

I am really loving my crockpot. I don't know why I have never cooked with one. I really regret getting rid of my old one that my mother in law had bought me, it was a very large one and I never used it because I thought it was too big to cook in. I think when I find the larger one I will be buying it. The one I have now is inbetween size. It's a good size but if I was really wanting to do a large meal the bigger one would be better.

Wasted Day

Today just feels like a wasted day! Or I guess just a blah kind of day. Maybe because its Monday!!! I got up and got the kids ready for their first day of school at the new school. They were excited and nervous. We got to the school and enrolled them. I'm glad that didn't take long. After enrolled we walked them to class, they seemed happy. I just hope it was a good day for them. As we were leaving the school Kaylee was crying because she wanted her sissy! I told her sissy will be home soon enough. The kids even get to ride the bus, fun!! So I'll be at the bus stop around 3:15 waiting for them.

After we got home from taking the kids to school, I fixed Kaylee waffles, which took two tries. I burned the first set in the toaster. Try two was good and she ate every bite and then went back to bed. She must be worn out from playing so much yesterday and staying up late from the past week with Lexi and Mikey. I'm tired but I'm avoiding taking a nap, not that I don't want one, I just want to be able to go to bed on time this evening.

I need to run by half price books today. I was really hoping to already have that errand out of the way but I guess I just have to wait until Kaylee is up and then I can run and do that. I also need to run by the bank. Hopefully Kaylee will decide to get up soon. I may just have to wake her up. I have work this evening and I'm not really looking forward to it, but I guess it will be ok. At least it wont be such a long evening like last night. We had to train on our new registers and it seemed to take forever.

I have my insurance interview on wed and I can't wait. I hope I'm approved and I can go ahead and set up my first appointment. I'm so so ready to get in and see the ob and make sure everything is alright.

Long time!!!

I'm finally back on the internet. Our move went well, we were able to get everything moved in one day. I figured it would have took two days. We are finally set up, everything has a place except for the four boxes of junk for a yard sale which I hope to have soon. For the past two weeks I have been driving back and forth the kids to school. 10 trips a week and with gas prices going up I have decided to take the kids out. There last day was friday and they will start their new school on the 21st. I think they are excited. I know I am because I wont be spending as much in gas and they will be riding the bus to and from school which will be nice.

Last week I was able to go and get my pregnancy confirmed, now I'm just waiting to hear back from the insurance people and then I will schedule my first prenatal appointment. All the kids know now and they are happy I think, for the most part anyway. Kaylee wants a girl and Mikey and Lexi want a boy. I just want a healthy baby, gender doesn't matter but if it did I would be leaning towards a boy.

Today was the start of the kids spring break, so far weve cleaned house and went and did laundry. I don't think we will do much this week. I really want to save it and take Mikey out to dinner for his birthday since its friday. Maybe we will do lunch on Saturday before I have to go to work. That would be nice, a birthday dinner for me and Mikey. Friday we are going to make cupcakes to celebrate. Mikey really wanted a skating party but I just don't think we would be able afford it. Maybe sunday if I'm off we can try to take the kids skating.

Sore Throat

I woke to a sore throat this morning and gosh does it hurt. I wish I could take something for it other than tylenol. I did have some orange juice and some chicken noodle soup and feel a bit better. I also had a morning nap. But now I feel like I need an afternoon nap. I really hope I am feeling better by saturday. I will need to feel better by then so we can get our moving done.

Me and Kaylee made a trip to Walmart so we could get a few things and some soup. Looked through the housewares again and priced some things. Looked at toaster ovens and microwaves and refills for the foodsaver, which I passed on buying right now because the one I bought came with a roll of bags but I know I will need to buy some soon.

Mikey told me yesterday he made a 81 on his math test and it was a really big test. I'm so proud of him. Plus last weeks spelling test he made a 95, only missed one work. Lexi made a 95 on her math test. I'm so glad they are doing so well at school.

Oh and I decided to make the announcement to Lexi about the baby, she was excited and grossed out, lol. I just needed her to know so she knows that she will have to help out moving on saturday. Lots to do and ready to do it.

Funny How

It's funny how things happen. Being pregnant was something I had put out of my mind, now a few months back we were "trying", it didn't happen and I was fine with it. I had put it out of my mind, along with weird cycles I didn't think I would get pregnant. And I was finally coming to terms with only having three children. I think it has all come down to stress. Stress of our current living situation, stress from work, etc... Before moving in with the inlaws my cycle was regular and lasted 5-7 days, came ontime every month. Caught some stress from a certain person and I think that helped my cycle by not coming. So now that stress is becoming relived, I think it straightened things out.

I feel strange that I'm pregnant. I feel happy and a little sad. When I got pregnant with Lexi I was so happy, it was a wonderful 9 months. It was great having a baby, she was a great baby too, slept through the night and was my little best friend. Then after a while we wanted another baby and I got pregnant with Mikey, after he was born I remember feeling so happy but also so horrible that I took something away from Lexi. It was strange having a new little life to take care of, plus my almost 2 year old. She was happy with having a baby brother and I don't know why I had those silly thoughts that she would hate me because I had a sibling for her. Fast forward to when Kaylee was born and again I had the same feelings I had after I gave birth to Mikey. I felt like I took something away from my other two children when I gave birth to Kaylee. I don't know why I had those feelings and I really don't look forward to it again.

Like I said before I was beginning to be happy that we only had 3 children, don't take it wrong, I do want another baby and I do have one on the way. But when I gave up I had finally decided that I would be working full time in August when all the kids go to school. We would have more money and more family time together. I guess I can still try to achieve that but it will involve daycare and so long as its affordable I may choose that route or have to wait a few years. Either way I will be fine with it, I'm looking forward to which ever outcome comes my way.

And yes I'm excited #4 will be joining our family and I know everyone is happy for us.

So other than having major indigestion already, I've started having vivid dreams already. Last night I dreamt that I had twins or at least I was taking care of my sisters twins, it was a really cute dream. And no I DO NOT want twins!!! Only one please although I know its possible but I would really rather it didn't happen. That would be really crazy.

Getting closer

Well we are getting closer to moving day. I'm so ready, I bought a few things today, few cleaning products, a mop, a swiffer mop to be exact, a twenty four pack of glass glasses, a key ring hook. And I ordered our dining table set, to which my mom in law paid for, so nice of her. That frees up extra money for other things and maybe a couch.

I really didn't do much other than that. I did get some tums for my indigestion.

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Tired

Im so tired today and I feel like im gonna vomit. I think its indigestion though. Got me a cold slurpee from 7-eleven, hope its gonna do the trick.

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Shock!!

Well today was a wonderful day off. I woke early and left out around 8:30am to go visit my mom and dad. It was a great visit. I hadn't seen my mom or dad since Kaylee's birthday party about a month ago. The kids played and ran out some energy. On the way home we stopped by or rather drove by the kids new school. Looks pretty nice and neighborhood is nice too. We got home and Mike wasn't going to be home for a bit so we decided to go to Sonic and grab some lunch. It was good, just what we all needed.

After being home for a bit Mike got home and we headed out to traders village to look for furniture. We found a few things but I think I'm going to go with a dining set from walmart, it has all the chairs we need, perfect size for the 5 of us. After traders village we came home and I went to the grocery store, picked up a few things and some fried chicken for Mike. Then again we left out to Fry's electonics so Mike could pick up a dvd tv series. Afterward we went through big lots to look at furniture, I really like a couch and loveseat from there but I don't know if it will be in our budget. Now were home relaxing and I'm about to go to bed I'm worn out.

Oh and I found out I'm pregnant!!!!!! I can't believe it, only 5 tests later to prove it to myself. Even the digital test said Pregnant. So I guess it will be new home, new baby!!! Guess I better get busy and set up a dr's appointment. And it was total shock!!!

Updates

Lots to update............
I had my dentist appointment and it was ok but horrible. So evidently I have periodontal disease and need a deep cleaning, its going to cost $1300.00, then I would need to go back to get a few teeth pulled, mainly wisdom teeth and then some fillings. Ugh, so much money. It will have to wait though, as soon as we get moved I will apply for some insurance for us.

So this past saturday we visited the apartments and were able to view one. It ended up not being the one we had wanted to look at but it all worked out. The first one ended up having had a flood so it wasn't ready to be seen and that told me it wasn't the one for us. So we viewed one and we loved it. 1286 sq. ft., three bedroom 2 full bath. I can't wait. We move on the 26th, we have just a little over a week now. This week has been filled with lots of packing and organizing and some shopping. So we did that saturday and then Sunday I went to work, Monday Kaylee was sick and we took her to care now, they are treating her for strep and the flu, I'm more than sure its not the flu but just a cold and maybe strep. Tuesday was filled with more packing and Kaylee being sick. Wednesday morning Kaylee woke with fever and then after a while it was gone and has been since. I'm so glad she is feeling better. I just wish her cough would go away, she sounds like a dog barking or a seal.

I worked 7 days straight and I'm so glad today is my day off, I was so tired. I'm still tired, I did alot today, I really should have just rested. Tomorrow is going to be busy too, I have to pay bills, take the car for an oil change, take Kaylee to school and take the car to get the tires rotated and possibly go and get my registration sticker. Today I did some packing and I am running out of room. I'm ready to move and get everything moved in and situated. Excited.

Dentist

Sitting here at the dentist, waiting to be seen. Just full mouth xrays and a cleaning and a list and pricing on everything that needs to be done. Im sure its not going to be a pretty number. Im sure its going to be very, very expensive.

Im hoping I get called back soon, I have to pick up Kaylee at noon. Scary.

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Well rested Mommy

Well this morning I took the kids to school and after getting back home I crawled back into bed. I was so tired. So off to sleep I went. Kaylee woke me a 9, she wanted breakfast. So I got her breakfast and then ended up going back to sleep and didn't wake until 11:15, I contemplated if I should go back to sleep or get up, I got up. Took my shower and have had lunch. Ready to face the day.

Kaylee is such a good girl! She plays so good by herself, she will find a way to keep herself entertained all the time. I think she is ready to go back to school, she hasn't been in 2 weeks. She was sick Friday before last and then last week we had nothing but snow days and then yesterday we had a snow day. She has probably forgotten alot of what they have been working on but I'm sure she will pick it all up easily.

I'm ready for work today, I have to get more moving boxes and hope that when they made the schedule for next week they remembered to let me off on Saturday. I hope they remembered, but I know if they didn't they can go back in and make any changes. I just have alot more stuff to pack. Last night I went through my scrapbook stuff and organized, I didn't get rid of anything, I guess I will go through it all after we move and get rid of anything I no longer want. I'll donate it to Lexi's art teacher. The beginning of the school year the teacher was waiting on her supply order and they didn't have much so I went through everything and donated quite a bit of paper. She was thrilled and even called to thank me.

Today I made a list of everything I need to do for the move, all the address changes I will need to make. Too many things to change. But alot of them I will be able to change online so that's good. I need to choose a energy provider, I'm sure we will just go with TXU but I want to get quotes so we can get the lowest.

I'm so nervous, I feel like its all on me. If we don't like the apartment its all going to be my fault. If something goes wrong it will all be my fault. I know we can do it and its going to be tight but its stressful. Mike will make comments that just irk me. He's been getting kind of ticked that I have bought stuff, he says why don't we wait until we move, my thoughts are why can't we buy it now, its less stuff to purchase. I know its all going to work out but its tough.

The Cat's Out of the Bag

Well my inlaws officially know that we are moving!!! You know Mike told me that he had told them but I'm guessing no since his mom and dad both acted like Mike had never told them. Mikes dad had asked me if we were sure this is something we want to do. Yes it is! Also asked when we were moving and I had to tell him we are viewing the apartment on saturday and go from there. My mother in law asked just about the same thing and I gave the same answer. They didn't seem upset. So glad that awkward moment is over. So three more days until we get to view the apartment and two days until we get the rest of our tax refund. And one day until the kids go back to school!! Woohoo...

So Lexi got her new cell phone today, she did nothing but stalk the ups man all day long today. She watched and watched until he finally came about 3:50p.m. She was shreiking she was so happy. I'm glad she likes it, I had promised her a few months back a new cell phone but we kept putting it off.

Mikey is finally asleep for the night and I am happy, he was driving me crazy today. All he wanted to do is pick on the girls, he just never knows when to leave them alone. My mom said my little brother was the same way but just not as bad as Mikey. (Thanks Mom) Maybe one day he will learn to leave them alone and do his own thing. I can hope right?

Kaylee hasn't been around much today, she has spent much of her day in her room watching tv. Which is fine, she stayed out of my hair so I could cook dinner and do a few chairs.

Snow Day Again!!!Uggh!!!

Today we are cursed with yet another snow day! Although no snow really when I was out a bit ago it was nothing but sleet falling! I really need to get to the store today to get the kids valentines for their parties on Friday but I don't know if that's going to happen. It may have to wait until tomorrow. I am so sick of winter, I am ready for Spring!! More than that I am ready for this Saturday. I sure hope the apartment is ready for us to look at. I hope we get to look at it and sign all the paperwork on Saturday, pay our deposit and fees, that way its all taken care of and will be ours.

Yesterday I placed an order through winkflash for a photo book. They were running a fantastic deal that I couldn't pass up. The regular book is 16.95 for 20 pages, but the special was for up to 100 pages no additional charge for the extra pages. So I ordered a 100 page book, my total before my coupon was 96.95 after the coupon my total was 16.95, I saved 80.00, woohoo, score for me!!! I can't wait to get it in the mail. I did the whole of 2010 in review, kind of cool. I had alot of pictures to choose from though. So it was tough but i highlighted everyones birthdays and all of our trips through the year. I know Mike is going to like it too and the kids will get a kick out of it.

I had meant on getting more boxes last night at work but never got a chance to go back and get some, but I will be at work on Thursday so I will get more then.

So already this morning I have broke up fights, cooked breakfast and cleaned up the kitchen. I'm sure today is going to be a busy day with the kids home. I know they really need to clean up messes in their rooms and I'm sure do some homework they didn't finish. I think I may try to get out, we can just take it slow and easy and make it to the store. Since today is my day off I really don't want to be stuck inside all day. Plus I really do need to get those valentines for the kids so they can take them to school. I'd really like them to fill them out today so they are ready to go on Friday.

I should try to clean up my scrapbook stuff and organize it for the move, I have alot I need to go through. I may even get rid of some of it. That would probably be a wise choice.

Packing

The weekend went quickly, which was good because I had to work the whole thing. Monday was good I had gotten a call from the apartments over the weekend and couldn't get a hold of anyone because by the time I noticed the missed call they were already closed. So Monday I took the kids to school, thank goodness, I needed to be away from them as they needed to be away from me. So me and Kaylee went and had breakfast and then afterwards we decided to go by the apartments to speak with the leasing agent. She at the moment didn't have anything to show us but did tell us the apartment we are interested in will be available on the 12th to be viewed at and on the 18th to be moved into. I'm so excited!!!

We started packing yesterday, we are maybe half way done packing but its at a stand still until I get more moving boxes. The girls helped alot with the packing, I think they enjoyed it. I believe they are excited because we are moving. I know Kaylee whined yesterday because we weren't moving yet. I had to tell her it would be soon in about a week or so. I just can't believe its happening.

Today is going by slowly which is fine by me, I'm really in no mood to go to work today, although I will be off tomorrow, but tomorrow we are expecting more sleet and snow. Blah!!! I really don't want more. I'm sure it will be another snow day tomorrow and possibly on thursday. I'm just ready for this week to be over with. Well ready for Saturday so we can go and view the apartment.

Lots Done

I got lots of stuff done today! First off I ended up going back to sleep this morning and got up at 8am only to find that all three of the kids were out front in the street playing in the snow. Yeah I got on to them, told them they needed to come back inside. They were a mess too, snow head to toe. Lexi told me they made snow angels in the street, why the street I have no idea, they had the whole yard.

So after getting the kids indoors and all the wet clothes dealt with I got online and paid my cell phone bill. Waited around a bit for it to hit the account and had Lexi choose her new cell phone, I've only promised her a new one forever and kept putting it off. So that got ordered. I also filled out the application for the apartment. That was fun and exciting. I will be going by on Monday to the complex and hopefully getting to view the apartment I've been wanting to look at. Hopefully I can get our application fully processed and possibly a move in date. I'm getting so excited!!! I even packed three boxes that in the end will be three of many I know.

Mike left work early and after he made it home we went out to lunch and then went to a few stores. I got a few things for the apartment, some towels and a few other things. Also picked up some more packing tape. I will be glad when we get a moving date so I can pack everything and start purchasing everything we need.

After we got home and settled me and the girls went out and we tried to build a snowman, it didn't work too well, the snow was too dry. Maybe tomorrow before it all melts but I don't know if I will be up to it.

Ready for Monday to get here!!!

Snow

Well I woke at 1am to about an inch of snow, now its almost 6am and we now have about 3-4 inches. It's not suppose to totally quit until around noon. I'm not all that happy about it. I'm sure I will be asked more than 50 times today by the kids if they can go out to play. I guess now I will have to let them considering it is snow and not sleet that fell. I was really hoping though that it had only been a dusting. So today is snow day #4, I learned about 3pm yesterday that they wouldn't be in school again. And again the kids were excited, I think I may need a mental hospital before its all over. It's suppose to warm up tomorrow, the high will be 44 and I am ready. I'm ready to thaw out a bit.

I have bunches to do today. I need to put in our application for the apartments, pay some bills online, clean some house, maybe make it to the store after Mike gets home, start packing some boxes. I may need a nap too, I've been up too long already. I have even had breakfast. Oatmeal the perfect breakfast for this weather.

It's Cold Outside

Catchup, Tuesday morning I woke around 5 am and saw outside was completely white, it has sleeted, and was still sleeting with a bit of snow. I tuned into the news to see if school was closed. It was, so I tried to go back to bed. Mikey came in at 6:30 wanting to know why I didn't wake him. I told him he didn't have school and he looked at me confused. I told him to go look outside and he did and started cheering and then ran to wake Alexis and tell her, she could've cared less. So we had a full day of being inside, the kids did nothing but continually ask to go out and I had to break their hearts every time and say NO!!! Too cold, the windchill was in the teens. Mike was able to get to work and home early without any problems. He came in and we decided we needed to go to the store so we did. We got what we needed and then went to eat at Denny's. I wasn't sure what I would be able to eat but I ended up having Chicken Noodle Soup and some french fries. And I was hungry. It really sucks to not be able to eat. Right before we had lunch I discovered I had a missed call on my phone and it was work. So I checked my messages and it said no work for the day, thank goodness, they were closing the store at 4 too.

So yesterday wasn't all that bad but it was pretty boring being stuck at home for most of the day and not having a car, I failed to mention that Mike took the van to work because he couldn't get the doors on his truck opened. Last night I checked the schools website and discovered they had already cancelled school for today, I said waaahhhhh and the kids cheered. So this morning it is really cold out. Mike again took my car which more than a little ticked me off. I hate being stuck at the house. I could probably drive the truck but since it belongs to his dad I'd rather not. That's all I need something else to break while I'm using it and its not mine. I just wanted to get out, no where in particular just anywhere, grocery store, target, I don't care. I just didn't want to sit in the house all day again. Mike tried to get me to drive over to his work in the truck and switch cars but I threw a fit and said no. I don't care I was just aggravated about the whole thing. So far the kids haven't drove me crazy but I know its coming.

No work for me today as it is a scheduled day off, yay!! Just wish I could go out and do something. Not sure about tomorrow as it still forecasts it will be below freezing and then Friday we have a chance of snow. So who knows about the rest of the week. I'm scheduled for work tomorrow but off Friday and then I don't know about school yet. Guess I will keep a look out on that. I hope they go tomorrow, I would like some routine again. I just hate that I felt bad all last week with my toothache and through the weekend and now its fixed and I still can't do anything. Maybe tomorrow........

Last Day

Wow its the last day of the month already! Pretty amazing how fast a month can swirl by us without even realizing. My last post was Thursday and its been a painful last couple of days. Thursday night I woke with tooth pain, Mike ended up sticking around and running the kids to school for me so I could sleep. Friday I hurt all day, Saturday I hurt and decided that I was going to look for a dentist, with no luck, no one was opened or they had already closed for the day. Sunday I was in somewhat pain. Today I woke feeling pretty darn good, but I knew I had to see a dentist, this problem would not go away it can only get worse. So to the dentist I went, $325.00 later and missing a wisdom tooth, I feel better. Well if the numbness would go away I would be even better. I swear when they were numbing me up he nicked my tongue with the needle because it is so numb feeling. I also set up and appointment in February for full xrays and cleaning and a comprehensive listing of everything that needs to be done to my mouth.

See I have terrible teeth, I call them disgusting!!! Some part of my genes I got horrible teeth, my teeth are stained and I have been told my teeth are very soft, my mouth is full of cavities. I have always brushed my teeth, I never flossed or used mouth rinse. I don't think that's the cause of my cavities but I'm sure it helped out some. My kids have my teeth too. I noticed after Alexis lost her front and her adult teeth followed in, a few months later she started showing slight staining on her teeth. Thankfully they have dental insurance and I am able to take her to the dentist. As a matter of fact take all my kids to the dentist. I'm glad to know that they will have a better smile than me. I remember Alexis's dentist saying she was going to have a million dollar smile, I'm sure not that much but if you add all the cleanings and preventive care it is a pretty penny. Oh and I forgot to mention but my 3 sister and my brother all have staining on their teeth as well, not too sure on the cavities but I know I'm not the first of them to get a tooth pulled. I just hate my teeth and hope I can do something to make them better.

So anyway that's where I've been the past couple of days, dealing with the toothache and it was horrible, the only thing I could do was sleep sitting up. Chicken noodle soup is good, the broth was the best and mashing the noodles up were good too. I even ventured to El Fenix restaurant with my family and had to take the smallest of bites to even eat. Medicine was good too, I was switching between Motrin and Tylenol  every 3 hours and finally got some Vicoden and that was good, it was alot better and took the pain away.

Ok,Ok enough about teeth. Still on the apartment hunt. I'm pretty sure I have found the one for us but still need to go and tour it and make a final decision. Pay application fee and deposit and get ready to move in. I really want to start fully packing but I know Mike is so against it. I will have to continue later... didn't realize it was time to go get the kiddos from school.

List

Here's my list of stuff I need/want to accomplish....

~ Move. That is number one, very important to me and my family. We need OUR space and it is time. Spread our wings and fly.

~ Health. I want to start exercising and eating better and not only me, my whole family. For myself I would like to lose weight and be happy with me! I would like to lose 60lbs.

~ Debt. I want to pay off some debt we have, some debt from at least 10+ years ago.

~ Save. Actually have money in my savings account and keep it there.

~ Love. Give my husband love all the time instead of pick fights or get angry at him and show it.

~ Inspire. I want to really get back to scrapbooking instead of just buying and hiding my supplies. I am creative and want to show it.

Awake

Well I am awake for the day, have been since 10 this morning. I did get up and take the kids to school and then came back to a sad Kaylee because I didn't get her evil McDonalds! So I made her and I pancakes!!! They were yummy and yummier than evil McDonalds ever!!! Since I ate I thought I would stay up, no it did the opposite and I went back to sleep for 1.5 hours. So I got up and had my shower and now Kaylee is swimming in a bath!! She's been in for almost 45 minutes and still doesn't want to get out. That's fine I guess, she's not reeking havoc throughout the house. I wish I knew why I was tired all the time, well probably because I don't drink enough water or sleep right or even exercise. I've been really thinking about doing weight watchers and getting a membership to our local newly renovated family fitness center. I know I would feel better and start looking better. And maybe my kids would quit telling me I'm fat as if I didn't already know!!

Well my toy I got I still haven't even played with. As far as I got was opening the top and taking the pictures and closing it back up. I thought I would do something on it yesterday but that never happened. A whole lot of nothing happened yesterday. I even called into work because I wasn't feeling well, I hate calling in sick. I just didn't feel 100% and I was more drained than anything. Headache, cramps, tired and nauseated. Today is a new day, I still don't feel all that well but I think its my tooth that's bothering me. Hopefully I will get it fixed soon.

So I'm back to getting organized about our move, I know we wont don't qualify for a house. I never got a call back but I know in my heart we just don't qualify, which sucks bad, but I'm fine with it and back to looking at apartments. I hate that we have to wait for our income tax to get here so we can move, I wish I had savings so we could just move now. But we will wait and in the meantime I will start my many list and organize our move. I am a total list maker, I love making list. At least 3-4 times a week I make a list about something. I have a moving list, inventory list, bill list, budget, etc.... Just ready for everything to happen!!!

So the oven situation, it wont be fixed until Feb 9th, yes we are without a oven until then which is crazy!!! The repair company doesn't keep the part on hand, which I can understand, so they are having it mailed to us. As soon as we get it, which will be early next week, we just have to put it aside. The repair guy will NOT come back out until Feb 9th. He claimed they are swamped with calls and for starters he didn't know how it was possible that we got such a quick appointment in the first place when we first called. My mother in law seems to think it was because we have only had the oven for about 2 months. I guess the customer service person saw it as an emergency but the repairman did not see it that way I guess. It's fine just no baking for the next 2 weeks which stinks but we will deal.

Opened

Havent taken it out of the box yet, that will have to wait until saturday.

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My package

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I can quit!

Finally I can quit stalking the Fed Ex Tracking website!!! My new toy is here!!! I didn't even realize what a good deal I got, so not only is the actual machine a binder and laminator, the package deal also came with some laminating sleeves, book covers and a new paper trimmer!!! Wow! Now thats a deal!!!
But I am still stalking or pacing the floors waiting on the Sears repair man to get here. They called around 11am this morning and said he would be here about 12:30 and its now almost 2:30, looks like the stove may not be getting fixed today. Sucks!!!

I just realized that today is Tuesday and my kids stay at school until 4:15!!! Yay!!! Now I can make Mike pick them up, is that bad? Lexi has choir practice and Mikey has Beach Club which is a bible study group. They love staying after school too!!! I'm sure Kaylee will be asking me if we are going to pick up her sissy and bubba, she loves going to pick them up and usually her internal alarm clock is going off and she will start asking about 2pm if its time to go.

Gonna cut this off, need to eat lunch. I just realized I haven't done that today, neither have I had breakfast! Ooops!!!!

Shattered!

Shards of Glass! Yesterday I cooked dinner, made yummy hamburger patties with grilled onions, corn on the cob, steamed cauliflower and baked potatoes. I started the baked potatoes first, and cooked everything else. Everything was done and I pulled out a small potato from the oven, cut it in half and it was almost done. So I pulled out 2 more potatoes and left the rest to cook as they were larger and surely needed more time. So we were enjoying dinner, it was so good when we heard a loud noise from the other side of the house. Mike thought it was Mikey and maybe he broke something or was throwing something in the house. So he went to investigate only to find it wasn't Mikey but the glass on the stove door was shattered!!! It almost looked like maybe a potato had hit the door and caused the breakage but we don't think so. All the potatoes were still on the rack where I had placed them. We don't know what happened or should I say why it happened. The stove is only 2 months old and thankfully still under warranty. We think it may have had a faulty seal. The technician should be here shortly and hopefully we can get it fixed today. Mikes mom had just told me yesterday morning that the drawer on the bottom was indeed a broiler and not a storage compartment like we had thought. She said she was cooking Sunday and had went to grab the large pan from the drawer and she felt sudden heat, so she didn't touch it, thank goodness it would have been a nasty burn had she grabbed it. Since having the stove the front gets so hot when you are cooking on it, you have to be careful not to run your arm on it. Also the glass on the front door would get very hot. Which in this day and age you would think that problem would be fixed. I remember the stove my parents had when I was growing up, the glass on the front would get very very hot.

I am just sick over the whole thing. Of course I was using it when it happened, just like the washer a few weeks back. I found out it was leaking and of course I was using it. There's been several other things that have happened while I was using or I just noticed something was wrong with it. I guess I am observant, don't know if that's a good thing or bad? But it makes me feel bad since this is not my house or my things. Now my mother in law did thank me about the washer because had I not noticed the leaking, it would have ended up getting worse and would have cost more money later on down the road. I didn't think about that, you know like replacing the sheet rock had it got wet, or tiles.

The weather is fair today, its going to be warm, when I go after the kids I may get to go without a jacket, that will be nice. We had a bit of rain earlier about 2 minutes worth. Not enough to do any good at all. Yesterday when I rented movies I got the movie Buried, it was a good movie, I just didn't like the ending. I don't like it when the main character dies or in this case really the only character. Like the movie Untamed Heart, I love that movie and to this day would still watch it over and over again, but I hate the ending because he dies. Wahhhh, I could cry over it right now.

So I am waiting for Fed Ex to get here, I hate waiting for packages to arrive. It's like I spend my whole day walking the floors, looking out the window to see if he's here. I just really want this to get here before I have to leave. Mike wont care that I bought it, but I will still get questioned, when did you buy this and how much did it cost, blah, blah, blah. So if I get it without his knowledge I can put it away until one day when he sees it and I can tell him yeah i got it a few months back. If I got it a few months back it will be OK but if its this week I will get all the questions. That's bad huh??? Now I feel bad! I ordered the YourStory by provo craft, I'm very excited about it too, I only paid $25+shipping. Not bad considering you can buy one at Michael's for $99. I think it was an excellent price, it binds books and laminates. I can't wait to get to play with it, it will probably end up being Saturday though.

Shattered glass

I will share later.....

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Sickness again?!?

Well to start off Kaylee's birthday party was great! We started early with a trip to the store to pick up all the food for the day and the cake. As you can see from the photo the cake turned out beautiful! We got all the cooking done and the last things came off the grill right at one. Everyone enjoyed the food, we did the pinata, then came in for birthday presents and then the final was birthday cake. Yum! The cake was delicious. Kaylee enjoyed every minute of her day. She loved all her gifts and I think was very happy to see everyone. The day turned out great, it was warm enough to stand outside for a few minutes.

We hit the sack early Saturday night and then woke early Sunday! Poor Mike got sick and was suppose to go in for work but didn't. I don't blame him, I hope whatever it was I don't get. He was sick with upset stomach and vomitting. But I have a feeling it had to do with him drinking a little bit and then eating a not so done hamburger, his choice by the way. He never ran fever thank goodness!!! But he did lay in the bed all day sunday and was dragging his butt for work this morning.

I have plans on putting pictures up but just don't have the time right now, maybe later today or in the morning. So far today I've went to the store and got Kaylee a bigger drawer cart for her toys and got a few groceries. Rented some movies from Redbox. Came home and cleaned the girls room, organizing Kaylee's toys and I have vaccumed the whole house! I am pooped already and have lots more to do today. I also will be cooking dinner tonight since I am off. Better go my list is growing.

Decorations

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Ready to party

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The birthday girls cake

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Getting ready

We are getting ready for saturday and I have lots to do. Todays list is really long and everytime I turn around it seems to get longer. As I write this im sitting at the school observing kaylee and waiting to get home so I can continue with my list. But I do enjoy watching kaylee in her class learning. Right now they are drawing with shaving cream, such a mess. Kaylee would rathee run her hands through it than draw like they are suppose to do, but she looks like she is having fun. She was just told time to clean up and she said she doesnt want too. Uh oh, looks like mommy will have to let them do shaving cream drawings at home. That would make a perfect rainy day activity.
Back to my list lots to do, need to get the floors with the vacume and make sure the bathrooms are clean, although I will wait on the kids till tomorrow. Need to go to the grocery store and get the rest of my groceries for the party. Also probably go ahead and prepare the hamburgers for tomorrow that will save me some time. And I need time since yesterday I layed around and didnt do much. So wish me luck that everything works out although I am confident it will go great.

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5 years old

This was meant for yesterday but I couldnt get blogger to work on my computer.......
5years ago today... Kaylee was born! She is such a little princess, very smart, shy at times, can be outgoing. Mommy loves her to bits. She was excited and spent most her day doing her favorite stuff, watching her favorite shows, playing with her toys and she even layed down and cuddled with mommy. And she took a birthday nap! She had a great day and wasnt upset or concerned that we didnt even open gifts or have cake. But she did tell her papa that he has to come over on saturday and have cake with her. Too cute!

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Someone

Someone is feeling better today, someone has had pizza and pickles for lunch, someone has made a mess in her room, someone is bouncing off the walls, someone is driving me crazy. That someone is Kaylee! I am so glad she is feeling better. All the kids are feeling better and I couldn't be happier. I hate when they are sick and feeling bad.
I was up bright and early this morning at 5:30, got the older kids to school and came home. Kaylee was already awake but she stayed in bed with me to watch a move and i fell back asleep. I woke at 11!!! I hate that I slept so long. Kaylee was in her room playing and watching tv. I was really surprised she didn't wake me up. Tomorrow I will have to make it a point to stay up all day. No morning naps for me. Too much to do tomorrow.
Today I have work and it will be day 6! I'm tired of working, I really don't want to work tonight but I know it will go fast, I hope. I will be off tomorrow thank goodness and plan to get lots done, I hope. Have cooking and cleaning to do and maybe an errand or two.
Friday will be busier with grocery shopping and paying bills.
It's suppose to get cold tonight/tomorrow and I'm not looking forward to it. The high is suppose to be 35 tomorrow and thats cold!! We may have rain too, boo, I will have to find Kay some fun stuff to keep her busy. I can't wait until her party, I'm ready to see everyone and have a nice day with everybody. I haven't seen anyone since Christmas Eve so thats been a while. I just don't take the time to visit people, my mother just told me last night on the phone that she misses seeing me and the kids, I told her me too. All my days off from work have been during the week and the kids always have homework and I know they have work the next day so we usually just stay home. I guess we will have to make a visit in the next week or two to my mothers.
Heading out its about time to get the kids from school.

Kaylee and her "teddy bear"

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Sickness

Well, I tried to post this from my computer but the darn thing wont load bogger. I woke to find my computer had a virus and wouldnt let me run my anti-virus, so I had to roll the computer back a few days and finally was able to run the software. Its still running and has been for the past two hours, blah, that may be why blogger wont load at the moment.
I got home from work late, the a.m. took forever closing down. Got home and ate a snack and laid down to go to sleep which was taking forever. Then about midnight I was almost asleep and kaylee who was in our bed starts tossing and turning sating her belly hurt. A bit later she started whining and then a cough and then you know what came next, yep vomit. Thankfully daddy has quick reflexes and was able to scoop her up and over to the trash can in a flash. A bit got in her hair which prompted a quick warm bath, and then back in the bed with a trash can next to her. She did vomit once more and went back to bed. So I ended up finally going to sleep at 1:30am and woke at 6:30 to take Mikey to school. Lexi stayed home, she still didnt feel well, she ran fever all day yesterday. So when I got back home from taking mikey I told the girls momma was going back to bed and they could wake me if they needed to. The ended up waking me at 10am, I couldnt believe I slept that much longer but I guess I needed it.
I was in my pjs until 12 when I decided it was probably a good idea to shower and get dressed for the day. I am tired though and could probably go back to sleep but I wont, I just hope both the girls are feeling better tomorrow.
Last week I put in a request for saturdays off from now on and it was denied. Im upset over it, me and mike hardly ever get to see each other and plus he has mandatory saturdays now and then. I guess I will finally start looking for a monday thru friday job. I dont want to leave my current job but dang if im not going to see much of mike and the kids I might as well. I only hope I can find something and something with decent pay.
We are all geared up for the party on saturday, I hope kaylee is 100% by then. I hope everyone shows up too, I also hope the weather is good since we will be cooking out on the grill and need to do the pinata outside.
I hope mikey had a good day at school, he is suppose to have beach club today which is a bible study group and his daddy said thats all he talked about was going to beach club. I guess,i will know around 3:15 if he does or doesnt have it.
I still havent heard from the mortgage company, im really thinking we werent approved. Id like to think if we were approved we would know something by now. I had another company call but I dont think im going to call back, im sure it will be a no.

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My owls

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Great Day

I woke around 8am and all the kids were already awake and had already eaten breakfast! Woohoo!! And their rooms weren't too bad. I vacuumed and told them they need to get dressed so I could run some errands. After I got dressed we left for the store.

We went to Hobby Lobby where I got wrapping paper so I can wrap the birthday girls gifts and while we were there I saw the cutest darn ceramic owls, I only grabbed the small one and when at checkout I had Lexi run and get the bigger one too, I couldn't stand the idea of leaving the bigger one behind. They are cute, I'll try to get a picture posted.

After Hobby Lobby we went to Kroger to pick up a few items. Lunch meat, some cookies and a few other odd and ins we needed or didn't need.

We just got thru eating lunch, the kids had plain jane spaghetti and I had a sandwich. It was the yummiest sandwich too, just bread and fresh sliced deli Cajun style turkey!!! No mayo or mustard! That's the only way I like it if I'm going to make a sandwich at home. Now if I go to Subway I get mayo added cause I have all the veggies added to it. Everyone says I'm weird but ya know its OK to be weird!!!

So far the kids are being pretty good today, its still yucky looking outside so they will be in most of the day I'm sure. Lexi is complaining she doesn't feel well and is wanting to know if she can stay home from school tomorrow? I had to tell her she has to get thru today first and we will talk about it in the morning. I know a cold and cough is going around. I've been waking up in the morning hacking away. Yesterday morning was bad. Honestly I think it is the weather. We haven't had sun in the past several days.

I have to work this evening number 4 day in a row, when its time for my next day off it will be 6 days in a row. Oh well I suppose. I'm glad I will be off on Thursday though because it is Kaylee's birthday and we won't have to do anything that day except for take the older ones to school. The I will work Friday and be off Saturday for her party. There will be lots to do Friday and Saturday. Saturday will be a bit hectic, I will have to go to walmart and pick up Kaylees cake and all the food for the party and rush home to get hamburgers made and all the veggies cut up and plated. Then to decorate, but I think I will try to do some on Friday before work.

Gone

The weekend is already gone! I worked yesterday and today and I'm pooped! This morning I finally got up around 8:30(so glad Mike let me sleep in) and got my shower. Got dressed and we headed to Joann's for some shopping. Got some cardstock and some stamps, could have got lots more but I didn't. After craft shopping we went to Bass Pro Shops so Mike could get some more arrow tips, that was fun, the kids love seeing all the dead animals! Kaylee found her a giant teddy bear(giant grizzly bear), I snapped a picture of her hugging it. She is cute, she had to pet all the dead animals she could reach. She petted two bears, a turkey, a deer head and a raccoon. Yuck!! After our excursions with the dead animals we came back home and had lunch and I tried to relax before going in for work.

Our weather has been pretty yucky, its been raining or misting for the past two days so as you can imagine the kids are driving me nuts because they can't go out and play. We are suppose to have sunshine tomorrow and I hope the weather man was right, the kids need to get outside. And rain will make it worse for tomorrow since they don't have school.

So while I was at work I got a phone call from Mike who told me Mikey snipped the top of his finger off, ewww. They had been doing a project with the bows and were cutting with scissors and Mikey snipped his finger. I bled for quite sometime. Finally Mike was able to bandage it with some paper towel and electrical tape. Geez I spend money on bandaids and they use paper towel and electrical tape. Mikey I guess was pretty scared about the whole situation, but he is fine. Thank goodness!!!

So work was work as usual and I'm glad to be home, glad too I get to sleep in tomorrow(I hope). Better get off of here I need to get ready for bed and make sure the kids are or have done the same.

Warm Up

Well its finally warming up a bit outside, being in the teens and 20's was killing me. I know some people have it colder but I can't stand it for long. I do like the cold but not freezing!!! Plus I'd really like to start walking but have held off because it's too cold for Kaylee! I really need to lose some poundage! I'm tired of being FAT!! Everyone says I look fine but I don't feel fine I feel FAT!!! I'd like to lose at least a good 50 lbs to start and then some more, it would be nice, I just have to do it and stick to it.

Today was a hectic day, I took kids to school, all three had school. While Kaylee was at school I ran to Michaels and got some really good deals, a basket full of stuff for only $30, some xmas stuff for next year, some ribbon, stamps, glitter glue(the good kind too), some recipe cards, these grow buddys(almost like a chia pet, Mikey and Lexi both got one for xmas and loved them, so I picked some up 11 to be exact at .20 cents a piece for party favors), two packages of really nice watercolor markers and some other things. I couldn't believe my steals! I have to go back, maybe on Monday with Kaylee!! Anyway went to Michaels and then back to the school to observe Kaylee(I swear one of these days I'm going to stay the whole 2 hours), then we zoomed to pick up Mikey and Lexi since they got out at the same time as Kaylee, then we went to lunch at Taco Bueno and it was Very Bueno!! If you haven't tried their chicken tortilla soup you need too, its yummy. Then we went to party city to pick up Kaylees pinata, oh she's in Love with it.
We were suppose to go get groceries afterward but Mikey was in one of his moods so we went home and everyone was upset that we came home. I was fine with it though, I layed around till going to work, I needed the rest and anyway we can get groceries tomorrow!
Though I know my little devils sweet angels just wanted to get something at the store. But they lucked out and got to watch tv with mom! Tomorrow, Tomorrow, you can drive me crazy at the store Tomorrow!!!!(That was said sort of in tune to a song from the movie Annie, lol)
Well its fast approaching 11pm and I need to head to bed if I'm going to take people with me in the morning grocery shopping.

Dinner was so delicious last night, I made barbecue baked chicken, pan fried potatoes and a pot of beans. I was definitely yum-o! My beans we so good, I can't wait till lunch to have some. I really don't have a name for them but I took 3 cans of black eyed peas, 1 lg. can of cut green beans, a large can of whole tomatoes and sliced bacon. I added the black eyed peas and can of cut green beans, diced my tomatoes and added into the pot. Sliced my bacon in small pieces and fried up, cooked the bacon until it was almost about to burn. Add the bacon into the beans and tomatoes and let it boil and them moved it to a simmer. Oh and when I added the bacon I added about 2 tablespoons of bacon grease. They were so good, I will be making more at a later time. Mike loved them too.

After all the dinner dishes were put away and kitchen cleaned we all settled in my bed to watch Legend of The Guardians: The Owls of Gohoul (sp??). It was a great movie, I think Kaylee watched it 3 times yesterday. So far today she hasn't asked to watch it. It will be a movie that we will buy.

I feel asleep very early about 7pm, which was terrible! I got up about 3am and then 4am, at 4 I was wide awake, I finally fell back asleep and Mike woke me at 6:30 and I didn't want to get out of the bed. Took the kids to school. Yesterday Lexi told me that one of Mikey's teachers asked how Mikey was and she said fine, well the teacher said he should just stay home Thursday and Friday since they are only half days. I think not, Mikey went to school! Yesterday was horrible, when trying to cook dinner every five minutes I was having to stop so I could tell Mikey to leave Kaylee alone. Anyway kids are at school until 12 and I cleaned my room, dusted and wiped down everything. My room looks brighter. I hate dusting, especially when I love nic nacs and have so many so usually I just put off the dusting but today everything got dusted or wiped down.

So I didn't hear from the mortgage company yesterday, I'm thinking we didn't prequalify and maybe she is just going to send a letter to tell me or maybe we didn't qualify for the type of loan we were wanting and maybe she is trying to find a different loan for us. Who knows? I did have a dream though last night that we moved and we were all happier and got along better. And I think it was an apartment. Just ready to move and get it over with. Kaylee's birthday party is next Saturday and I think after that I will start packing everything, except for the stuff we need now. I will have to find where I'm going to store the boxes but I'd rather do it now instead of waiting till the last minute. But I guess it will work out.

Guess I better get off the computer and get busy.

Day off

Finally a day off from work and I couldn't be happier, I've been so tired. Mikey is home, not sick anymore but the school wont let him come back until Thursday since he had been running a fever. So today is alot of telling him to quiet down or go to his room. Kaylee is at school right now, she gets out at noon. She didn't want to go to school at all this morning, I asked her again later and she said yes, lol, silly girl.

Lots to do today...

My bathroom is screaming for me to clean it
I need to dust my room and probally vacume after dusting
I have to cook dinner later
Pick up kids from schools
Clean up after dinner
And I'm sure there is alot more I have to do but my tired brain cant think of them right now.

I know I have to watch a movie I got from redbox, its called Legend of the Guardians The owls of ga'hoole. I've been waiting for it at redbox and today I got it, I sure hope its good, it looked good from the trailer.

8 days till Kaylee turns 5 and that means I have 10 days until her birthday party, I have lots to do. Friday I have to go and get her pinata and order her cake, pick up any other misc. items I forgot. She is getting excited.

It bitterly cold here, I think yesterday was colder but today feels really cold too! Really makes you want to stay in bed all day snuggled under the covers but I have so much I need to do. Blah!!!

I was wrong

OK so I admit it I was wrong, Mikey was really sick!! My motherly instincts failed me, ha!
So OK rewind, I took the kids to school this morning and then came home, showered. Fought to get Kaylee up so she could shower and get dressed since she had her Dr's appointment. Got her ready, teeth brushed, hair combed and fed and we left. I had to stop and stand in the freezing cold at 7-eleven to get gas, well the pump said their network was down, tried 2 more times and said the same thing. I could have gone inside to pay but I didn't want to have to drag Kaylee out of the car. So back in the car, still freezing and go to Racetrac, stand in freezing cold again, got gas for the car. Just as I get back into my car my phone is ringing, fumble trying to get ahold of my phone you know my hands were numb from standing in the freezing cold, it was Mike telling me he was on his way to get Mikey from school. They must've called me when I was you got it standing in the freezing cold at the first stop. Darn! So yes the nurse called and Mikey was running 103 fever and he still had his "stummyache". I could have got him but we probably would have been late for Kaylee's Dr's appointment. I'm glad Mike was able to get him, but yeah I would have got him had I known the nurse was calling me.
So yeah he's home, doesn't act sick but Mike gave him medicine and he's eaten a few crackers but won't stay in bed and the nurse said he can't go back to school tomorrow since he has fever, he has to be 24 hour fever-free, yay, not. Which means he missed half of today, will miss all of wed and Thursday and Friday he only has to go to school till noon, remember noon dismissal because of the end of the semester and then have a 3 day weekend because of no school on Monday. You know I think I want to be a kid again!!! Oh and did I mention that I forgot my coat when I left the house this morning! I was wearing a cami covered with a velvet zipper like jacket, I was freezing!!!
Kaylee had a good appointment, the Dr said she grew 2.5 inches and gained 3lbs over the course of a year! He was happy, said she's growing great, really no need of concern. And he said its been great seeing Kaylee grow up. Wow I can't believe it she is almost 5, no more toddler, a child... Kind of sad... She may be my last baby and its sad...