ANOTHER Sunday

God I hate these Sunday visits with the woman who gets to officially call these children her own. She got mad today at me because I told the kids not to take their socks off at Burger King on the playground. I feel like those floors get soooo nasty...and the rules say to keep your socks on...So she told them they could take em off after I'd told them not to...and they say to her, "Mom said for us not to take off our socks" ...which just pissed her off...and she replies (according to Dale who heard it from her...) while you're with me, I'm the one in charge..." soooooo...I'm overruled...It's not a big issue...Just pissed me off. And I HATE watching them come out of BK towards the car...Dale with one or 2 in his arms, her with the other one in tow...them looking like a family. I KNOW that i have the kids 99.999 percent of the time...but i still resent these visits.

John, Joshua, & Elizabeth 

oh so boring

So I've spent all this time tonight looking and browsing through other people's blogs. God mine is boring!! My life isn't boring...My kids arn't boring, my husband isn't boring...So why on earth havent I created a more interesting blog for myself? Oh well...que sera sera. Maybe someday someone will read what i've written here and post a comment on my blog. Maybe. I'm about to post a picture of the kids I took today...Even though John is looking at a motorcycle that passed just as I snapped the picture, I like it. Dale's working late again...but tomorrow, our check should post to our account that we've been waiting on...and voila...magically, all our financial worries will be taken care of...I cant wait!!

Classics Never Go Out of Style

So tonight, Stephanie & Courtney were spending the night and we found that we had the Boomerang channel. Instead of the usual Power Rangers, it was a Tom & Jerry fest. It was so awesome to see allll the kids laughing hysterically at the antics of the 50+ yrs old cat and mouse.

Sprained my ankle today...UGH. It popped and down I went. Nice & swollen now. Tomorrow is the damned visitation. GRRRRR @ Linda.

A true moment of clairty

So, I'm sitting at lunch today...looking around at the table..loving the sight of my family sitting there eating something i've fixed...all of them. Nothing fancy. Corn Dogs & Mac & cheese (John's favorite) but it was a homey feeling that just hit me right in the heart. My husband. My kids. I loved it.

i hit 120

for the first time in ...like since i've known i've had Type 2, (5 yrs)
i hit 120 today :) (my blood sugar level...not my weight...hey a girl can dream cant she???) Granted, that was with the help of glucotrol and
I'd just come in from playing raquetball and walking on the
treadmill...but STILL...by golly i did it....now it's to keep it in
that area.

When Will Noah Pull up?

Good grief..will the rain NEVER end??? The kids need to be able to get outside and play so badly!! We caved in and went to McDonalds today just so the kids could play on the playground and burn off some energy. I'm introducing school work to them these days and it's going over pretty well. They're really very smart kids. Just sooooo full of energy and sooooo competitive with one another.

High 5's to Fat Albert

I havent felt the greatest today...I've gotten on Glucotrol for my blood sugars and the meds are giving me terrible headaches.

We rented FAT ALBERT for the kids tonight and i was VERY pleasantly surprised at a) how good it was and b) how well the kids liked it too. They've been a handful today and it didnt help that i havent felt well. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. Hopefully, we're going into the gym tomorrow...Those kind of days are always good because the morning goes so quickly and the kids will get to burn off energy.

Back in the Saddle

I've fallen off the horse on the Ebay thing...i get out of the groove and dont do it like I should...so Sharon brought me some more stuff plus I have tons of kids things to sell, so i"m back at it today. Sold a couple of things on a Buy It now and that rejuvinated me.

We all went into the gym today and i was proud of us...we played 3 games (of which of course i lost) and then i did some walking on the treadmill. We have a treadmill i could use here at home, IF we could find room to put it!! We have it in storage right now.

The kids are napping right now...Should be up in another 20 minutes or so...this is my best time to get anything done during the day...i can slip in here and list an auction or two ocassionally...but not uninterupted time.

Weekend re-cap

Stayed in Friday night...the kids watched THE WILDERNESS FAMILY. I was surprised it kept the interest of all three kids. I'm always weary when I 'm the one who picks the movie..then Saturday it was rainy....so the kids played inside etc...and Dale & i unpacked kitchen stuff from the apartment. Then Amy kept the kids Saturday night and Dale and I had a date :) Went into Atlanta for KPOG. Then Sunday, Janice had a birthday party for John in their new swimming pool so we all went for that...luckily, the ex cancelled her visit. So, all in all, a good weekend.

Money is VERY tight these days...it renews my interest in building the ebay business. Sharon gave me a bunch of stuff to sell when i saw her Saturday night...so want to get that going. Plus, the CD's sell so well, would love to obtain more of those. Dale & i've decided to have the garage sale the second saturday in June...We're hoping it will net us enough to get the transmission fixed. Wish us luck.

our new grill from Target....hope Dale doesnt have a lot of trouble putting it together. 

The house after adding a few flowers...we have more updates coming 

still sick again

Went back to the doctor today...got more meds...He's very worried about the blood sugar levels..and I am too. Ordering a new glucometer tomorrow. Will start tracking it better and taking the meds. The kids were awesome according to Dale while i was in the doctor's office. I treated them to a toy out of the McDonald's bag.

Tonight, we drove into Target and got the grill we'd both been wanting. We were quite frugal too...payday isnt till tomorrow, so we packed dinner (fed them sandwiches & pretzels and a fudge round for dessert! Bad parents!!)

We're having a cookout this weekend with his family and it should be fun to do on the new grill. The kids LOVE cookouts so I'm glad that we're doing it. Wish we could set up tables outside to eat on...

still sick

I'm sooooooo tired of being sick. It seems like I've had this sinus infection/bronchitis forever. My ears are all blocked up and half the time i cant even hear! All this to say it's been hard working with the kids and playing with them when i dont feel worth 2c myself! Today, i was out playing ball with John...it hurt my head to bend over and pick up the ball! UGH.

Working with Elizabeth on writing her name in upper/lower letters....she's coming along pretty well i think.

Cinco de Mayo

ok..physically, i feel like crap...the sinus infection i've got is kicking my butt! My ears, my chest, the cough...all combine to put one foot of mine on a banana peel.

The kids have been pretty good today..we went into Commerce and got some groceries and a new microwave and got Elizabeth's hair cut. It looks cute and should hopefully stay out of her face now. John was up most of the night coughing but seems to be doing better today. More later.

another bad day...

i need to write on some of the good days...because to read this you would think i never had any. Oh well, today's not one of them...i'm not doing so well at this parenting thing! i lose my patience too much and i cant seem to keep a sense of humor. I get too sensitve at things they say...the INsensitivity of youth...ie..."i didnt want THAT picture of Barbie with someone else in the picture...i only wanted a coloring picture of Barbie ALONE!" i know i'm the adult..but not feeling like one today....need a pep talk i guess.

long day

Well, the house is starting to come together....still tons of things to put away. We got up early to go to the gym this morning, (i love to play raquetball) but my day started out bad there because I'm seeing currently with only one contact lens and so I played awfully! The kids seem to have fun in the day care center there so that's a blessing. We ran by the apartment and picked up a few things then to Target to take a look at our registry. Then home...fixed lunch and got the kids down for a nap..then Dale & I took a nap...we all slept for about 1.5 hours which was much needed. The kids played outside for a good portion of the evening...

Tonight was really cool...we all sat around and watched American Idol. It's rare that John (the three yr old) will sit still that long for anything...much less a singing show...but he's running a low-grade fever from allergies i think.

Still got a lot of details to work out on me getting my car fixed and the final details of the wedding & honeymoon. I hope the money comes together.

Some Perspective

Well it's been 2 weeks now... I have a little more perspective...The hardest thing to me about being a stay at home mom to these two is keeping them busy...they get so bored with things so fast...I dont know know what to have them doing! I dont want them watching so much tv...weather so far has prevented them from going outside a lot...We play games on the computer, we go run errands...we had TWO trips to the library last week...I like being on the go with them....I want them to learn how to behave in public. They're VERY strong willed.

I cant wait for the time when they start calling me Mom....

Day 1

A new life, a new day began today. Today was my first real day as a stay at home mom to Joshua (age 6) John (age 3) and Elizabeth (age 5)...combine with that Dale and i trying to forge ahead in our relationship, moving from my apartment in-town to the country...getting married in 3 weeks, and me quitting my job of 2 years last week, things are a bit stressed. But as Dale and i discussed...there's good stress and bad stress....i believe this is all good stress. But stress none the less.

Our day began today at 6:40 am when Elizabeth came knocking on our door wide awake. We sent her back to bed, but she was back 20 minutes later. And then 10 minutes after that. Finally we got out of bed, i headed off t my bath and when i got back, all the kids were up. i fixed their breakfast and then sent them out to play (at NINE AM!!...bad mama!!) This gave me some time to get my head together, check my email and ebay auctions etc. Then i took the kids to get their hair cut, mail some ebay packages and then back to house. Time to cook lunch...corn dogs, french fries & fruit. NAP time :) Dale & i layed down too and zonk we were out...that is until Elizabeth once again woke us up. So back at it again...we were going to go to the park, but i had some need to be near a toilet issues so we stayed here. This afternoon, they've played easter egg hunt, colored, fought, cried, ate dinner (pizza) and drew numbers to see who got to take a bath first. Pshew. What a day. (that Pshew costs me .05c) I charge the kids for using "bad" words.