Archives for April 2006

So my pain increased to almost intolerable levels Saturday night. I had gotten down on the floor to play with Lexi and something…snapped. I started hurting so bad. I took some Vicoden and aleve. Then took another Vicoden 3 hours later. I finally was feeling ok. It has been very tolerable since then. I got the kids to church myself with the girls yesterday, went out to eat eat, slept and then we had our Easter musical last night at church. And then, I actually got to clean last night. There was something that was smelling bad on our kitchen table. I couldn’t figure it out. And the carpet was messy and the kitchen floor was messy. I couldn’t stand it, so I ended up doing my entire cleaning ritual during DH and GA. Thank goodness they were not new episodes last night.

So today Scott & co is digging the post holes for the fence. Hopefully by the end of the week we’ll have a complete fence up in the back yard. Yay! He might have even had it done tomorrow but I’m going into work tomorrow. My aunt and uncle, kids and grandmother are all coming into town Wednesday or I would wait until Friday to go in so the fence would have been done. But, it’s a no go. And next week is the week that Scott will be in Columbia the entire week. I may go crazy next week or do ok and feel like Supermom.

Scott has tossed around the idea of applying for ATF. He would be gone for 10 weeks straight. Only home on the weekends. And then home for like 2 weeks and then gone another 10 weeks. Ugh! I do hope he gets it only because I really think he would love it. But wow, that would be a hard couple months.

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Somehow this has been quite a busy day yet it’s the least I’ve done on a Saturday in quite some time. I woke at 7:30, before Lexi even got up to get ready. I did part of my testing at 8 and had Lexi out the door by 8:30 to get Emma from Mom’s. From there I dropped off the girls at SIL and then headed to choir practice where I stayed for 2 1/2 hrs. I picked the girls back up and came home. Scott got up and I had him stay with the girls and put them down for a nap while I went to the dr. I ended up having coctosinactos or something about a virus in the cartlige (sp?) in my chest. He says he only sees about 20 cases a year. He gave me Vicoden for the pain although that doesn’t work out too well since I’m with the kids by myself all evening and I can’t drive for 6 hours after I take it. And I’ve never had it so who knows how loopy I’ll get. So I’m just kind of managing the feeling of a knife stuck in my chest. Which is probably the reason I have not done my major cleaning this weekend.

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Mom & Dad made it back from Hawaii. They almost didn’t as they were not on the list for the flight from San Francisco. I haven’t gotten the whole scoop yet because she called at 7:30 this morning.

MIL went to the beach this weekend. I’ve got testing to do at work tomorrow and I’m supposed to go to choir practice from 9-11. I doubt I will make the full practice.

Scott is working the whole weekend so I doubt I will be doing much beyond the house.

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Emma went on an egg hunt today at school. She was being SO shy when we first got there. After the egg hunt, she was talking with all her friends and having a great time. She didn’t want to leave. Emma is sneaking candy now in her room. She was being quiet and I kept asking her if she was ok and she was. I went to check on her and she was taking a bite of candy when I walked in. I suppose I can let her get by with it since it’s Easter.

Our church has been going through some really good changes lately. I think everyone is really getting fired up to actually do something. I know at least in our sunday school class that is the case. I emailed my ss teacher/youth group leader in the church about getting some ideas of things I could actually do. He is supposed to call me so we’ll see what he says.

Ever since Monday night I have been trying really hard to get the house clean in the evenings. Trying to keep the kitchen spotless and cleaning all the toys out of the living room and sometimes even cleaning back up the playroom completely. I feel so much more accomplished. I’ve even had dinner here all week. The only time we ate out is we grabbed some take out yesterday for lunch and ate it here.

I have caught up with a few other people from school on myspace. It seems with the reunion this year everyone is coming out of the woodwork. Some people I would have never even recognized. I hope a lot of people come because I would love to catch up with everyone. I have a friend that was my “wild” friend in school and she has done a 180. She’s a SAHM to three kids and is homeschooling one of them. She’s really trying to live a Christian life now. She does not want to go to the reunion in the least bit way since she is so different. But I think everyone is different. I know I am since high school. I think it will be an interesting dynamic when everyone gets back together.

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I have a new manager! Just got out of the meeting. Hopefully this is a good thing. As long as I can continue to work from home, I’ll be good. And if not, maybe that’s my excuse to quit ;). I better knock on wood somewhere, not sure that’s what I really want quite yet.

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It’s 9:42 and I’m just sitting down at the computer. I had another umph to be “the perfect wife and housekeeper” and decided to not sit down this evening until I had cleaned the house back up after a day of work and having a 1, 2 and 3 year old running around for most of the day. I have to say it feels really good. I even did our checkbook and bills which I haven’t done in almost a month. I’m not sure I could find something to clean without digging into closets and drawers. Which I do need to do. And Scott is off work and the kids are in bed and its fairly early and I’m tempted to do just that. My bathroom drawer seriously needs some attention. But I think I’m better served this evening with a break. I haven’t set down I don’t think since 3:00 this afternoon when I quit working. I worked through lunch today since my stomach was “messed up” this morning and I couldn’t eat. So I got off at 3:00. Today I even was able to cook dinner. I think cutting out of work a little early helped us all today. We were able to go outside and play a little and then I got them settled into a Dora video while I finished up cooking. I think that could be a great routine. Nothing like a well-scheduled video to help a mom out. I feel this evening like I do on Friday/Saturdays when I have finished cleaning. There’s a sense of accomplishment that almost nothing else gives me. I just feel like all’s right in the house. Scott complains less and I feel crappy less and the kids love watching me run around the house instead of staring at a computer on the couch. I SO want to quit work. Like in a big way. If I knew we could afford it, I might do it. But we have insurance through me and I do make decent money. I should be happy with part-time work at home and so I’m trying to be. Days like today, I think I could do it. And I do really enjoy what I do. At least when I get to do it. It has been so slow at work for development and I guess that’s part of the reason why I want to quit. I get really bummed when I don’t feel like I’m accomplishing anything at work. Hopefully a really big project will be beginning the end of this week so I’m trying to hold out.

So Emma did two things recently that were “big girl” things to me. One was she actually was able to keep herself swinging on the swing by pumping her legs like we’ve been trying to teach her. Yay! And today we were all the in back yard waiting for SIL to come pick up my niece and she was really late and I needed to know if she had tried to call. I told Emma to go in and get me the phone. The back door was locked so she had to go around the house into the garage and through that door, go find the phone and then come back. And she did it! In very short order. She came back running with a huge grin on herface. I guess me clapping and saying yay, Emma probably encouraged her. I was so proud of her!

Lexi has been on a Beauty and the Beast stint. Emma went through a phase where she wanted to watch it like 3 times a day. Lexi is going through that now. She goes up to the TIVO, pushes the DVD button, runs to the recliner yelling Belle and then gets up on a back support and sits on that in the recliner. And she is so insistent. If you try to stop it, she will go back and put it back on.

Lexi actually started saying Dor-ah. She doesn’t just say Door for Dora. I think besides Momma and bye that’s the first word she has said completely clearly. Is that really sad?

Lovin Grey’s Anatomy last night. I felt like it was back to it’s “old self” last night. Loved the scene with George and Thatcher. Loved Denny and Izzie’s “just one boob.” Still didn’t like Callie and George. Liked the fact that the make out scene wasn’t as awkward as Mer and George but I just don’t like the girl. She’s got a room in the hospital and against her will, I think she’s a freak. What else? I actually liked Alex last night. I agreed with him. And Christina was hilarious. Loved that.

I bought Pride & Prejudice this weekend. I LOVE IT. I think I’ve watched it 3 times now. Mrs. Darcy…Mrs. Darcy…Mrs. Darcy. It melts me every time.

Is anyone else really surprised that it looks like Florida is going to win the NCAA Championship? I wonder if anyone called that.

We were outside the other day and Lexi fell in our little pond in our front yard. I was like two feet from her with Emma on the porch and heard the splash. Her entire head didn’t go under but she did get a gulp of the water and she was soaked otherwise. I grabbed her out and poor Emma started shaking and asking if she was ok. Emma is such a mother hen to her. So I stripped her down while she wailed and took her straight to the bathtub. She was fine as soon as she got in there. Poor Emma ran in her room and put her head down on her footboard and cried. Just for a minute though and then she was fine. Did I mention only ten minutes before that Lexi ate dog poop? Yeah. I was on the back deck putting Emma’s shoes on and looked up to find Lexi picking up whatever Mattie had just sniffed. I realized in slow motion that she was eating poop. So yeah. I don’t get Mom of the Day award for that day.

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