Happy Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!




Its Halloween
I was trick or treating with a toddler, pre-teen, and teen.
The girls were dressed as a bad tourist, a goth girl and a bumble bee
oh, what a sight to see.
The air was brisk & crisp, the wind was blowing about. "It's freaking cold!" I wanted to shout.
One, two, three, four, off we go, door to door.
Candy here, candy there, the girls kept wanting more more more.
Carrying a heavy toddler while I'm coughing up a lung...was not my idea of FUN.
The girls are cold and want to rest,
off we go to Grandma's, she's the best!
Warmth & treats at Grams house for all.
With cough medicine with codine for me, that was the best of all! :)
We survived Halloween 2009 just fine...
With loads of candy & sugar highs!



For your viewing pleasure...

I'm a tired old bat, so thats all for now. Ignore my lame poem lol. I used to love to do poetry, but lately I'm not so good at it...
BOOdles!

Priceless & coughing curse

When I got the mail in from the box yesterday, I found a surprise. Unfortunatly, it wasn't a million dollars. Thankfully it wasn't bills. What I found was something priceless. Jilly had made something for me the day before, put it in an envelope, and stuck it in the mailbox. So when I grabbed the mail out, her surprise was in there. The envelope was addressed to me. Inside she had drawn a picture for me. She also left me a note. It said:

Dear Mommy,
Your the best mom in the world and no mom can replace you. And even though you sometimes ground me or yell at me, I don't care, I love you for who you are.
Love, Jilly Bean

AWWWWWW! :) It made my day.

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I have a curse, a coughing curse. It comes from having kids, and being old, and all that fun stuff...When I cough hard, if I'm not extremely careful, I will piss myself! UGH! It sucks being old. It sucks moreso having a cough and being old. I just might have to invest in a diaper for myself lol. Nothing worse then driving your kids to school, coughing and pissing yourself. Oy.

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Here are a few pics for you today. One is Jilly in her Goth girl outfit for Halloween. One is bree sporting some black make up on her face and looking cute. And one is the brownie treats I made for Jilly to take to school today.

Trick or Treat!

Halloween is almost here. Just wondering...what kind of trick will YOU do for a treat?

I'll do one. Right now. Are you ready? I'm going to eat something gross...

Ready?

Are you sure?

Ok...

Here it goes...







Yummy worms :) Want one? Now where is my treat?!?

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In other news...Kelsey got her big splint taken off today and the pins in her finger removed. Yay. She is so happy to have that taken care of. Tomorrow she has to go to physical therapy, cha ching, fun fun. Here is a picture of her hand/finger with the pins right after they took the splint off, before they removed the pins. Her hand is all gross, dry and dirty (and stinky too!) from having that big splint on for 3 wks.


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To take your mind off that grossness, here is a picture of little Miss Bree coloring...and of course making a mess lol. I think she got more marker on her then on the paper.



Thats it for now :) Toodles

Holy Healthcare Costs Batman!

Yesterday we got our insurance summary thing in the mail for Kelsey's little ER visit a few weeks ago and for her day surgery to get the pins in her finger. All I can say is, I'm super grateful we have insurance! Without it, we'd be paying over $7,000. With insurance that is knocked down to around $400. Hell, the $400 sucks, but its soooo much better then the alternative.

Ohhhhh money tree...why aren't you blooming? We sure could use you.

Speaking of health stuff...Bill & Jilly were sick recently, and they gave it to me. How dare they? So I have a horrible cough and my chest hurts. I'm feeling super tired and worn out. Blah.

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Weaning update: Things are going good. Bree is still buying the donkey story. I've added a duck to the story to keep her interested. LOL. Its been over a week now since she's had daytime boob. And we've had 2 nights of NO BOOB whatsoever. So when she woke up in the middle of the night, I got to deal with the devil boob wanting child, not so much fun, but I didn't give in. Last night was a total nightmare. I was super tired from not feeling well. Finally went to bed at about 10:30 ish, at 2 a.m. Bree woke up. Because I didn't give in to boob, she sought revenge...she stayed awake until 5:30 a.m.! Once I got little turd to sleep I hit the sack too, but not for long because I had to be up at 6:15. I was totally not happy when the alarm went off.

So this morning we had a bunch of errands to run. Before we headed home, I swung by McD's to get us some food to eat on the way home. I thought she could eat on the way back and be ready for sleep when we got home. She ended up falling asleep before eating much of anything, and she is sleeping now. I took a nap myself, for about 20 minutes...then the coughing came and woke me up. Its so frustrating. My son says during my sleep I was snoring super loud :) Thats what happens when you are fat, exhausted, and sick.

Thats all for now...Toodles

Is there life after laundry?

Is there life after laundry? Ummm I don't know, couldn't tell you, because I am never caught up to find out!

Once in a great while I think I am caught up, and I start to do a happy dance. At that point, Kelsey will bring out a basket full of dirty stuff and say "oops, I forgot to bring these out", or I will find a dirty stash in Jilly's room. Its really frustrating.

Our washer and dryer are located in our basement. Our basement is full, and its a mess at the moment, and NOT toddler friendly, so I can't take Bree down with me while I do laundry. This makes it hard to get anything done since I can only do it at naptime or when someone else is here to keep her busy while I sneak down. Since naps are getting less and less, my laundry piles are getting higher and higher!

Having a housefull of mostly girls, this does not help my laundry situation. Jilly changes outfits often, because she is a DIVA, and Bree often because she is MESSY.



I need a laundry vacation...anyone else?

Toodles

Its no wonder I'm a fat cow...

Since having Bree, and being a stay at home mom, I have really packed on the pounds.

I'm home all the time, can't afford to go out and do stuff really, so what do I do to pass time? I eat.
What do I do when I'm lonely? I eat.
What do I do when I'm sad? I eat.
What do I do when I'm mad? I eat.
What do I do when I'm happy? I eat!
That my friends is a lot of eating!

When I shop, I try not to pick up to many sweets or chip type things, because I know if its here, it will be on my fat ass very soon. My husband on the other hand doesn't see that. If I say I'm craving chocolate, the next day he brings home a bag of it. If I say I'm hungry for chips, he brings that home. Just because I want it, doesn't mean I need it! Or so much of it! Like yesterday...Brownies were on sale so he came home with like 10 boxes of it! I know he loves me and is trying to get me things I like, but will he enjoy seeing my ass balloon up so big I won't fit in a seat anymore? Sheesh.

As for the brownie mixes...they are in my pantry, staring me down everytime I go in there. I'm thinking about making something with them for Halloween for Jilly to take to school. Then at least a few of them won't end up on my butt.

Thats it for now...
Toodle MOO

Ride the waves, not the carpet!!

OY! One of our stupid cats loves to butt surf across the carpet leaving lovely turd tracks. YUCK!! Sissy please start licking your ass when you are done shitting! Its one thing to scratch your butt surfing like that, but don't use the carpet as your toilet paper. Here is a picture of the little surfer girl:



We have another cat, Tigger, who is no angel herself. Just last night she was naughty, she kept me awake by playing with a stupid ping pong ball toy in the hallway next to my room. She also knocked the gate down going into Aubrey's room twice last night! Bad kitty. Here is Tigger:


And then there is Moo...who is not at the top of my buddy list, and hasn't been for a very very long time...She causes me to much trouble to go into at the moment. Here is a pic though, of our dog, that looks like a cow...Her name is Jasmine, but we nicknamed her Moo and never ever call her Jasmine anymore lol.
(yes, she is wearing a bark collar...with no batteries :) She is quiet when its on even though its not working)



I have a love hate relationship with all these pets we have. Life sure would be easier if we didn't have them, but times they offer some cuddles and loving..so they aren't all bad.

One more thing before I get off here...Do you ever HEAR your pets fart? All my life pretty much we've had some kind of pet, cats or dogs...all that time I never HEARD them fart. I would definately SMELL them, but never heard it actually happen...Until I met Bill's cats, and the dog we got once we got together. You actually HEAR them fart! Soooooo very bizarre. At least its good warning to vacate the room.

Thats it for now...
Toodles!