so I had a busy day. really just stayed busy all day. when not on here, I was finishing up all the boys laundry and have finally gotten ALL the summer stuff stashed and the tubs can go back out to the garage! took long enough! LOL! then went through sorting their drawers (Lord help me!), even did Canaan's. why is it so hard for even a 12 year old to keep the same things in one drawer? like all undies and socks in one, pjs in another, etc? I dont know how they find anything! its all sorted (for now) though.
after and in between laundry loads, I got the wood finish for the water heater closet stained and while I had the stain out, went ahead and did the kitchen window and the boys windows. they've been waiting to get stain on them for like 2 years I think. but the coolest thing is that while I was crawled up on the kitchen counter all scrunched up, Itty Bitty let me know they didnt like the cramped quarters and kicked me squarely in the gut! that was the biggest kick I"ve gotten so far!
so getting things fairly organized (but unfortunately not really cleaned up around here) Canaan gets off the bus about 4:15 to tell me that he has to build a pyramid and have it in by the morning! this falls under the category of laziness on his part. this is actually an assignment that he had and was due on the 9th!!!! the teacher being good as she is, is still letting him turn it in. of course with having only about 5 hours I had to do most of the brainstorming and work. its done though and he better not forget to take it in tomorrow! course after it was all done, he says "you need to teach me how to use all that stuff (hot glue gun, etc) and I said well if you'd give me more than a nights notice I would!
that stuff was part of a parent/kid lecture last night.
so tonight we also had the homeschool meeting in the midst of all this. we had to leave at 5:45 and got back about 9.
Garrett was a grouchy butt this afternoon, even with taking a nice long 3 hour nap today. glad to see him go to bed. LOL!
now my dad is on IM and has 4 different windows open on purpose! he's such a nut! LOL
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Friday, August 03, 2007
open house for school
we were late getting home and getting everyone in bed tonight. hopefully everyone will sleep ok. after going to bed, Hunter went to the bathroom saying he thought he might puke. he never did and has gone to sleep now, but that worries me of course!
we left after an hour of practice today. O M Gosh! it was SO freaking HOT outside!!! they had a kid to die, I think in the nashville area today, from football practice outside. terrible!
I had planned on leaving at 5:30, going to get dinner then head to the school, but both the kids were dripping, soaking with sweat. no way I was taking them to the school like that. yuck! so we left at 5, dashed home so they could both get a shower, then back in town and went to Captain D's for kids night.
left there about 20 after 6 and went to the school (the open house didnt start til 7, but I wanted to get there early cause of the crowds).
we hit it right too cause there were already like 100 people there when we arrived.
and this is where my picture of the day comes from. I had Katlyn take this as we were walking to the school.
not flattering of me at all, but oh well. LOL!
I wish I had a notebook or a tape recorder to record my thoughts as we waited in the gym for things to start up. man, thousands of thoughts running through my head! (for one thing, my aversion to crowds kicked in :-D ). We seen many families that we knew and C got to have one of his best friends sit with us while in the gym (he's in 6th grade, so they wont have classes together though).
C was very excited about it all, and nervous! he kept jumping up to go see people he knew and stuff. I finally had to tell him to plant it. LOL!
we got to go in each of his classrooms for about 8 minutes, hear the teachers explain what their class will be about and what will be expected. all the teachers seem pretty cool. I think the SS and Science will be the best ones for him. and amazingly enough, both of those teachers said they're not big on homework! WOO! math will be his last class of the day and she seemed to be a toughie. LOL! not that she was mean, just that she expects high achievement and stuff and well, she just seemed like a math teacher would.
we didnt get to meet the language teacher as she'd gone into early labor, I think today, so the VP was in there to talk to us.
Oh, they had his name wrong! they had his first name as his last, middle as first and last as middle as in James ________ Canaan. duh! I watched them fill in the paper work so I know it was written down correctly. I talked to the VP about that since I had her close at hand and she said she'd take care of it. at first C said "oh its no big deal" and I explained to him that they'd be calling him James Canaan if he didnt get it fixed! LOL!
I stayed behind and talked a bit with the science and SS teachers (his SS teacher is his homeroom).
I'll have a whole plethora of paperwork to fill out come monday!
oh, he didnt get put on band either. I asked if he was ok with that and he said yes. so he'll be alternating between Art and PE every other day for the first half of the year.
AND one of the best things is that they keep all the kids scores on the schools website and the parents can log in any time they want to see how the kids are doing in any subject! that'll make me feel better, knowing I can see how he's doing all the time, as far as his grades go.
I'm still nervous though. he is more than me of course. I'm not sure HOW he'll feel come monday morning, but I think the phrase "big honkin' butterflies" would be pretty close. LMBO!
will I cry when I see him get on the bus? I dont know. I'm not usually an emotional person at things like that, but at this point, I think it might be possible. LOL! I'm going to wait on the porch while he waits for the bus and I'll take pics from there. (wouldnt want to embarrass him by standing by him and taking pics of everything. ).
some more good news is that he's got another of his best friends in 3 of his classes, and the other two he has kids he's friends with as well. so there's someone he knows in all his rooms. he'll also have lunch with them too as all the kids on Honor team have lunch together (from what I understand). so that makes me feel better, knowing he wont be alone in a class.
how dorky do I sound? LOL!
I'll probably be driving myself crazy on monday, wondering what he's doing, if he's enjoying it or at least getting through ok! I just want him to excel so this is also putting a big light on me, showing what kind of job I've done with him. *biting nails* I hope I've taught him well!
we left after an hour of practice today. O M Gosh! it was SO freaking HOT outside!!! they had a kid to die, I think in the nashville area today, from football practice outside. terrible!
I had planned on leaving at 5:30, going to get dinner then head to the school, but both the kids were dripping, soaking with sweat. no way I was taking them to the school like that. yuck! so we left at 5, dashed home so they could both get a shower, then back in town and went to Captain D's for kids night.
left there about 20 after 6 and went to the school (the open house didnt start til 7, but I wanted to get there early cause of the crowds).
we hit it right too cause there were already like 100 people there when we arrived.
and this is where my picture of the day comes from. I had Katlyn take this as we were walking to the school.
not flattering of me at all, but oh well. LOL!
I wish I had a notebook or a tape recorder to record my thoughts as we waited in the gym for things to start up. man, thousands of thoughts running through my head! (for one thing, my aversion to crowds kicked in :-D ). We seen many families that we knew and C got to have one of his best friends sit with us while in the gym (he's in 6th grade, so they wont have classes together though).
C was very excited about it all, and nervous! he kept jumping up to go see people he knew and stuff. I finally had to tell him to plant it. LOL!
we got to go in each of his classrooms for about 8 minutes, hear the teachers explain what their class will be about and what will be expected. all the teachers seem pretty cool. I think the SS and Science will be the best ones for him. and amazingly enough, both of those teachers said they're not big on homework! WOO! math will be his last class of the day and she seemed to be a toughie. LOL! not that she was mean, just that she expects high achievement and stuff and well, she just seemed like a math teacher would.
we didnt get to meet the language teacher as she'd gone into early labor, I think today, so the VP was in there to talk to us.
Oh, they had his name wrong! they had his first name as his last, middle as first and last as middle as in James ________ Canaan. duh! I watched them fill in the paper work so I know it was written down correctly. I talked to the VP about that since I had her close at hand and she said she'd take care of it. at first C said "oh its no big deal" and I explained to him that they'd be calling him James Canaan if he didnt get it fixed! LOL!
I stayed behind and talked a bit with the science and SS teachers (his SS teacher is his homeroom).
I'll have a whole plethora of paperwork to fill out come monday!
oh, he didnt get put on band either. I asked if he was ok with that and he said yes. so he'll be alternating between Art and PE every other day for the first half of the year.
AND one of the best things is that they keep all the kids scores on the schools website and the parents can log in any time they want to see how the kids are doing in any subject! that'll make me feel better, knowing I can see how he's doing all the time, as far as his grades go.
I'm still nervous though. he is more than me of course. I'm not sure HOW he'll feel come monday morning, but I think the phrase "big honkin' butterflies" would be pretty close. LMBO!
will I cry when I see him get on the bus? I dont know. I'm not usually an emotional person at things like that, but at this point, I think it might be possible. LOL! I'm going to wait on the porch while he waits for the bus and I'll take pics from there. (wouldnt want to embarrass him by standing by him and taking pics of everything. ).
some more good news is that he's got another of his best friends in 3 of his classes, and the other two he has kids he's friends with as well. so there's someone he knows in all his rooms. he'll also have lunch with them too as all the kids on Honor team have lunch together (from what I understand). so that makes me feel better, knowing he wont be alone in a class.
how dorky do I sound? LOL!
I'll probably be driving myself crazy on monday, wondering what he's doing, if he's enjoying it or at least getting through ok! I just want him to excel so this is also putting a big light on me, showing what kind of job I've done with him. *biting nails* I hope I've taught him well!
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
the lowdown
daddy made it to practice tonight which the kids loved! he enjoyed watching them since he's not really seen many soccer games. they did a scrimmage tonight against a U-10 league team. they came out tied at the end.
while dh was there, I took the 3 youngest with me to Tasha's house. she had a bag of clothes for the boys and I had 2 bags of clothes for her to go through for Landon. she took all the clothes I had and I took all she had except 2 pieces for the boys. nice jeans/shirts, even some with tags still on. G and Landon played a bit while there. of course the first thing G did was go pull Landon's hair. *blush* poor L, he's like "who is this bully?!!" :-D
then came home and started dinner (spaghetti!) and dh, C and K got home not long after.
mom's watching the kids for me tomorrow. I've got 4 shops to do. have another due in town before friday night. might just do that one ON friday while in town... or maybe thursday before practice.
I'm tired tonight. bleh! I did get to sleep in this morning! G woke at 7:30, but I pacied him and laid him back down and he slept til after 9! I woke before he did. awesome when he does that! LOL!!
dh and I have talked and we will let C enroll this year. I've gotta get it done this coming week though cause school starts on the 6th. he's excited, but nervous. it'll be very odd not having him here during the day.
while dh was there, I took the 3 youngest with me to Tasha's house. she had a bag of clothes for the boys and I had 2 bags of clothes for her to go through for Landon. she took all the clothes I had and I took all she had except 2 pieces for the boys. nice jeans/shirts, even some with tags still on. G and Landon played a bit while there. of course the first thing G did was go pull Landon's hair. *blush* poor L, he's like "who is this bully?!!" :-D
then came home and started dinner (spaghetti!) and dh, C and K got home not long after.
mom's watching the kids for me tomorrow. I've got 4 shops to do. have another due in town before friday night. might just do that one ON friday while in town... or maybe thursday before practice.
I'm tired tonight. bleh! I did get to sleep in this morning! G woke at 7:30, but I pacied him and laid him back down and he slept til after 9! I woke before he did. awesome when he does that! LOL!!
dh and I have talked and we will let C enroll this year. I've gotta get it done this coming week though cause school starts on the 6th. he's excited, but nervous. it'll be very odd not having him here during the day.
Monday, May 28, 2007
awesome news!
I have wonderful news about Garrett though! Seems the equate is doing its magic and he's back up to 24 lbs as of this morning! I'm SO glad to see that and that he's eating well and another big factor is that he pooped this morning and it was NORMAL!!!! no more runs!!!!!!!!!! now he can start eating his yogurt again, I'm SO happy!!
his sleep has been whacked, but ah well. last night he woke at 2:30 and 5, brought him to bed with us then and he fussed until I fixed him a sippy and he gulped that down and slept til almost 9. I was soooooooo tired when he woke at 5 though. I really didn't have the patience for fussing then. *blush* thankfully daddy took care of him besides me getting his sippy.
he's playing now this morning, has eaten some breakfast too. the kids are enjoying a day off and Canaan went with dh and FIL down to Nashville.
it'll be a boring day, but I'll be working my butt off STILL cleaning the house! I've already changed my sheets and gotten a big pile of bed linens in the washer, got the dishwasher going, put up some clothes for garrett, got breakfast for the kids, got myself dressed (go me LOL ) and now I'm sitting here.
I did buy myself a present yesterday. while at best buy, I got katlyn her new music clip for her mp3 player, but also got myself the new Inuyasha movie #4. it included a soundtrack CD and that's what I'm listening to. we'll watch the movie later today!
his sleep has been whacked, but ah well. last night he woke at 2:30 and 5, brought him to bed with us then and he fussed until I fixed him a sippy and he gulped that down and slept til almost 9. I was soooooooo tired when he woke at 5 though. I really didn't have the patience for fussing then. *blush* thankfully daddy took care of him besides me getting his sippy.
he's playing now this morning, has eaten some breakfast too. the kids are enjoying a day off and Canaan went with dh and FIL down to Nashville.
it'll be a boring day, but I'll be working my butt off STILL cleaning the house! I've already changed my sheets and gotten a big pile of bed linens in the washer, got the dishwasher going, put up some clothes for garrett, got breakfast for the kids, got myself dressed (go me LOL ) and now I'm sitting here.
I did buy myself a present yesterday. while at best buy, I got katlyn her new music clip for her mp3 player, but also got myself the new Inuyasha movie #4. it included a soundtrack CD and that's what I'm listening to. we'll watch the movie later today!
Sunday, May 27, 2007
O Happy Day!
so we had a good day. after church mom took the youngest 4 with them and me, dh, C and FIL went to have dinner at New China (I must have been awfully hungry cause it tasted fantastic!! :-D ), then off to the college to get there a bit early.
it lasted for almost 2 hours, so we got there at 2:30 and we were almost in our town about 7. (it was scheduled to run 4-6 pm)
after that went to Tori's house for some cake.
in WONDERFUL news, Garrett actually ate really well today!! mom said he'd basically pigged out all day since lunch time! I'm SO happy! said he ate hard, played hard and slept hard. LOL!
he was up every 2 hours last night (yawn-ugh) so I figured his appetite was coming back. but he didn't eat breakfast for me today, except some milk. he had one mud-poop before church, but otherwise, no poops today either!
we did have prayer for him at church today as well. I'm ready for that boy to pack on some more weight! he looks so slinky right now.
he's also walking again (not all the time besides his cruising, just between places), though he's kinda shaky a lot of times. don't know if he's worried about it now or just cause he went for 2 weeks with not doing it. ah well.
ok, I really need to go to bed! more stuff to do tomorrow and my house is STILL a wreck. *sigh*
it lasted for almost 2 hours, so we got there at 2:30 and we were almost in our town about 7. (it was scheduled to run 4-6 pm)
after that went to Tori's house for some cake.
in WONDERFUL news, Garrett actually ate really well today!! mom said he'd basically pigged out all day since lunch time! I'm SO happy! said he ate hard, played hard and slept hard. LOL!
he was up every 2 hours last night (yawn-ugh) so I figured his appetite was coming back. but he didn't eat breakfast for me today, except some milk. he had one mud-poop before church, but otherwise, no poops today either!
we did have prayer for him at church today as well. I'm ready for that boy to pack on some more weight! he looks so slinky right now.
he's also walking again (not all the time besides his cruising, just between places), though he's kinda shaky a lot of times. don't know if he's worried about it now or just cause he went for 2 weeks with not doing it. ah well.
ok, I really need to go to bed! more stuff to do tomorrow and my house is STILL a wreck. *sigh*
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
well, the good news is he's eaten some more raisin bread this morning. not a whole lot, but its his first breakfast in days! :-) he also took his milk.
I'm planning on going to walmart when C wakes up to go buy some ensure (store brand) for Garrett. figure that'll at least give him the vitamins and stuff he needs to get some energy back.
I'm planning on going to walmart when C wakes up to go buy some ensure (store brand) for Garrett. figure that'll at least give him the vitamins and stuff he needs to get some energy back.
Monday, May 21, 2007
come on already!
poor Garrett has had diarrhea today as well, though not as often as he went yesterday, but still it is what it is none the less. he's eaten half way decently today and napped well for me too. I can tell he's just not feeling up to snuff though cause he's just not wanting to play much and when he does he's pretty quiet. :-( I want my well baby back! Canaan also had the same problem today as G. he's better now, but was NOT happy this morning.
in kitten news, I'm not sure if mama kitty will continue to care for him. he was fine this morning and nice and warm in the box (she'd moved him to the box she wanted originally) but she wouldnt go in the box with him all during the day to nurse. if I took him to her she would nurse him fine and clean him some, but she made no over effort to go to him. :-( not sure what we'll do. they're back in the barn tonight so we'll see how tomorrow goes. I really dont want to lose another kitten...
in great Gavin news, he taught himself how to ride without training wheels today! 8-) he's been practicing all week (the T-wheels have been on, just turned up so that they didn't keep him upright on the bike) and today Canaan took them off for him and he did great! I've got pics of course that I'll post later. I'm very proud of him and he of course is VERY proud of himself! :-)
couldn't get OL until tonight. my phone line was totally wonked out. if you picked up the phone, all you heard was an ear-splitting grinding type noise. its still crackly, but at least its usable. I'll be ever SO glad when they decide the area is worth upgrading the phone lines to new ones!
ok, guess that's about it. we do have ball practice tomorrow night. they have a game on Thursday. right now C's team is 5-3, so they're still in the running for first place again!
in kitten news, I'm not sure if mama kitty will continue to care for him. he was fine this morning and nice and warm in the box (she'd moved him to the box she wanted originally) but she wouldnt go in the box with him all during the day to nurse. if I took him to her she would nurse him fine and clean him some, but she made no over effort to go to him. :-( not sure what we'll do. they're back in the barn tonight so we'll see how tomorrow goes. I really dont want to lose another kitten...
in great Gavin news, he taught himself how to ride without training wheels today! 8-) he's been practicing all week (the T-wheels have been on, just turned up so that they didn't keep him upright on the bike) and today Canaan took them off for him and he did great! I've got pics of course that I'll post later. I'm very proud of him and he of course is VERY proud of himself! :-)
couldn't get OL until tonight. my phone line was totally wonked out. if you picked up the phone, all you heard was an ear-splitting grinding type noise. its still crackly, but at least its usable. I'll be ever SO glad when they decide the area is worth upgrading the phone lines to new ones!
ok, guess that's about it. we do have ball practice tomorrow night. they have a game on Thursday. right now C's team is 5-3, so they're still in the running for first place again!
Sunday, May 20, 2007
and tonight
so dh and Canaan buried all 4 kittens up on the back hill where our beloved Tilly and Callie are. I felt so bad for mama kitty though cause she knew her babies were dead (she sniffed them and followed the guys to the burial place) but she still cried for them all day. :-(
in good news though, my mom brought over an abandoned kitten from her place (the mama cat just stopped caring for it) and it was the same age as our kittens that were killed. mom had been bottle feeding him for a couple days, but wanted to see if our mama kitty would take him in.
she DID! it took her a few sniffs and questioning looks at us (as in "this isn't one of my babies") but the little one was SO excited to have a mama kitty and I think she really needed a baby to love on so she laid down and started letting him nurse.
she took to him very quickly, which I was very happy and partly amazed. just glad it wasn't the other 'temp' mama kitty that was helping to take care of the other babies, cause she wont have anything to do with this one (which I expected of her).
we were worried about its safety though, so I got the PNP out (I keep it outside generally to use out there) and put the kitty box in it cause the baby is a wanderer now. but, mama kitty did NOT like it one bit and would not stay with baby in there. so I turned the box up so it had 4 sides and she was quite happy.
tonight we took them into the garage, which I'd planned on doing, but obviously mama kitty was worried too, cause before dh closed up the garage, she had taken baby kitten in there to a new place. I think she wanted to feel safer too.
so box and all are in the garage tonight and we'll get them out in the morning. I may set her up a temp area in there with a litter box as well.
the shelter lady brought back our other two mama kitties today as well and brought some more food for the cats (I love this lady! :-D ) so all my kitties are home now.
I'm also going to ask her about the possibility of katlyn taking a couple days a month to help her somehow. K loves animals and I think she'd get a lot out of helping Ruth.
Garrett hasn't been sick anymore today, but has had diarrhea all day long. I've cleaned up several puddles of poop from the carpet and the porch. poor little guy, by the end of the day it was just clear stinky farts that he'd pass. he had a low grade temp this morning, but it faded out by lunch (along with a good 2 hr nap). he ate GREAT for dinner. scarfed up probably a cup worth of fresh green beans and boiled taters! plus his juice mix (w/ pedialyte). that was the most he ate all day though, so I was glad to see it, just hope it stays in where it should!
let's see.. yesterday I got to Sam's club for the first time (did I mention that?) and I know where I'm going to buy the strawberries, kiwi and cherry tomatoes for K and G's party!
ok, I think that's all. sorry if I've not made it to everyones journals. I feel like I've missed out on a lot, but between all this stuff this week, I've not been in an OL mood...
in good news though, my mom brought over an abandoned kitten from her place (the mama cat just stopped caring for it) and it was the same age as our kittens that were killed. mom had been bottle feeding him for a couple days, but wanted to see if our mama kitty would take him in.
she DID! it took her a few sniffs and questioning looks at us (as in "this isn't one of my babies") but the little one was SO excited to have a mama kitty and I think she really needed a baby to love on so she laid down and started letting him nurse.
she took to him very quickly, which I was very happy and partly amazed. just glad it wasn't the other 'temp' mama kitty that was helping to take care of the other babies, cause she wont have anything to do with this one (which I expected of her).
we were worried about its safety though, so I got the PNP out (I keep it outside generally to use out there) and put the kitty box in it cause the baby is a wanderer now. but, mama kitty did NOT like it one bit and would not stay with baby in there. so I turned the box up so it had 4 sides and she was quite happy.
tonight we took them into the garage, which I'd planned on doing, but obviously mama kitty was worried too, cause before dh closed up the garage, she had taken baby kitten in there to a new place. I think she wanted to feel safer too.
so box and all are in the garage tonight and we'll get them out in the morning. I may set her up a temp area in there with a litter box as well.
the shelter lady brought back our other two mama kitties today as well and brought some more food for the cats (I love this lady! :-D ) so all my kitties are home now.
I'm also going to ask her about the possibility of katlyn taking a couple days a month to help her somehow. K loves animals and I think she'd get a lot out of helping Ruth.
Garrett hasn't been sick anymore today, but has had diarrhea all day long. I've cleaned up several puddles of poop from the carpet and the porch. poor little guy, by the end of the day it was just clear stinky farts that he'd pass. he had a low grade temp this morning, but it faded out by lunch (along with a good 2 hr nap). he ate GREAT for dinner. scarfed up probably a cup worth of fresh green beans and boiled taters! plus his juice mix (w/ pedialyte). that was the most he ate all day though, so I was glad to see it, just hope it stays in where it should!
let's see.. yesterday I got to Sam's club for the first time (did I mention that?) and I know where I'm going to buy the strawberries, kiwi and cherry tomatoes for K and G's party!
ok, I think that's all. sorry if I've not made it to everyones journals. I feel like I've missed out on a lot, but between all this stuff this week, I've not been in an OL mood...
first thing this morning
its been 'one of those mornings' already by 8 a.m.
first when I went in to get garrett, I found that he had puked all over his bed and when I went to change him, discovered that he had messed ALL over the inside of his pjs. I thought we were done with this stuff! :-( he'd not been sick since Tuesday and had finally started eating well yesterday.
so katlyn woke up and I had her start a bath up for him to clean him off. while batheing him, I asked her to take out the walmart bag that had the whole messy diaper in it out to the big trash outside. while outside she found that something had come up and dragged off all our baby kittens and killed them! :'( she of course was VERY upset. breaks my heart that she found them. she loves animals and has loved on thsoe babies from day one. they just had opened their eyes and were starting to wander outside their box. :'(
so we're staying home today, dont want to take a risk of passing anything around (dang it, thought we were DONE with this!
first when I went in to get garrett, I found that he had puked all over his bed and when I went to change him, discovered that he had messed ALL over the inside of his pjs. I thought we were done with this stuff! :-( he'd not been sick since Tuesday and had finally started eating well yesterday.
so katlyn woke up and I had her start a bath up for him to clean him off. while batheing him, I asked her to take out the walmart bag that had the whole messy diaper in it out to the big trash outside. while outside she found that something had come up and dragged off all our baby kittens and killed them! :'( she of course was VERY upset. breaks my heart that she found them. she loves animals and has loved on thsoe babies from day one. they just had opened their eyes and were starting to wander outside their box. :'(
so we're staying home today, dont want to take a risk of passing anything around (dang it, thought we were DONE with this!
Thursday, May 17, 2007
need a V8
last night gavin started getting sick at dinner. he didnt quite make it
to the bathroom, but he did make it all over the bathroom door. another
job for the carpet cleaner.
then after bedtime, dh got it. it has been YEARS since he was sick to
his tummy. as he says he has a cast iron stomach. got me really worried
after that!
my tummy was upset last night, but I've not been sick (please oh please
let it stay that way) but I have been sitting on the potty. which I'd
rather do than toss my cookies anyway.
dh stayed home from work today (another sure sign that he felt bad )
and everyone is sleeping except me, garrett and hunter.
I'm tired too, but mommy doesnt get that rest yet.
I did sleep on the waterbed last night (with about 8 blankets under me)
and its warming up quite nice now, so we'll be back in our own bed soon!
to the bathroom, but he did make it all over the bathroom door. another
job for the carpet cleaner.
then after bedtime, dh got it. it has been YEARS since he was sick to
his tummy. as he says he has a cast iron stomach. got me really worried
after that!
my tummy was upset last night, but I've not been sick (please oh please
let it stay that way) but I have been sitting on the potty. which I'd
rather do than toss my cookies anyway.
dh stayed home from work today (another sure sign that he felt bad )
and everyone is sleeping except me, garrett and hunter.
I'm tired too, but mommy doesnt get that rest yet.
I did sleep on the waterbed last night (with about 8 blankets under me)
and its warming up quite nice now, so we'll be back in our own bed soon!
supposed to have ball practice, one shop for sonic (hope I can handle
that tummy-wise) and PO stop to make. we'll see how the day goes...
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
*sigh*
seems the 'before bed puking' was only the beginnging. Garrett did end up sleeping for me (woke around 4 to be held for a while before going back to sleep) but at 2, hunter woke puking, then about 20 minutes later C ran to the bathroom to do the same.
they played a tennis match doing the same thing the rest of the night/morning.
they're both now resting in recliners, I'll need to be steam cleaning the carpets and mattress where hunter didnt want to get up to go to the bathroom .
Garrett woke around 7 this morning and after a bit of wallering in the bed with me I got him some juice mix, but that quickly got rejected. he doused himself this time. and me again. and the bed. and the pillows.
I called my mom cause I wanted to see how katlyn was and turns out she woke around 4 this morning getting sick as well.
so all my babies, except gavin (big honkin' knock on wood) are sick. dont know what the culprit was either.
course I'm mostly worried about garrett since he's not eaten much of anything since sunday night. he had been able to keep down juice at least until today. :-( gotta watch him more closely now.
so, new plans for today? a lot of laying around and being lazy.
they played a tennis match doing the same thing the rest of the night/morning.
they're both now resting in recliners, I'll need to be steam cleaning the carpets and mattress where hunter didnt want to get up to go to the bathroom .
Garrett woke around 7 this morning and after a bit of wallering in the bed with me I got him some juice mix, but that quickly got rejected. he doused himself this time. and me again. and the bed. and the pillows.
I called my mom cause I wanted to see how katlyn was and turns out she woke around 4 this morning getting sick as well.
so all my babies, except gavin (big honkin' knock on wood) are sick. dont know what the culprit was either.
course I'm mostly worried about garrett since he's not eaten much of anything since sunday night. he had been able to keep down juice at least until today. :-( gotta watch him more closely now.
so, new plans for today? a lot of laying around and being lazy.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
sun and not so fun
boy, I'm tired! I got a lot of sun today, even though we had a lean-to over us with shade. good thing I put sunscreen on before going over. still got burnt a bit though. my shoulders are touchy (and I have a farmer's tan from my tank top :-D ). we got maybe 50 pots done today, only about 450 more to go. LOL! yeah, lot of work!
the kids did well though. Garrett wasn't too happy about being in the PNP at times, but once he took a nap (after falling asleep in the swing) and the other he just played. katlyn and the boys did their best to keep him occupied by swinging and romping in the grass. they were all dirty by the end of the day though. my little piglets!
Garrett is still not feeling 100% though. he acts fine, plays great, naps like he should, but he's not eating well still. he again, didn't finish his yogurt this morning, did take some juice/pedialyte mix. at lunch he ate.... um... well, not sure what he ate. oh, he helped mom finish her cereal (special K), but barely touched his PB sandwich. drank a small bit of milk then. and some more juice mix later.
for dinner, he ate some of my garlic bread and I got out my last jar of stage 3 stuff (squash) to see if he'd take that. he ate half a jar for me.
I fixed his bottle for bedtime and he took 6 oz of that and went to sleep on me.
well, I went to go lay him down after typing up in stacy's journal when I reached the bedroom door, he power puked all over me! totally missed himself! bleh!!!!!!!! nothing like the smell of given-back formula. I didn't have to change him, seeing as he was still DRY *sheesh* but had to completely change myself and wipe off and clean the floor up (which will need the spot cleaner tomorrow).
he went right back to sleep and is laying down now.
obviously we need to hold off on the milk a while longer til his tummy is more set to rights. (reminds me of how hunter did with his first tummy bug). this was the first time he got sick since monday at lunch. :-(
plans for tomorrow are to stay home and get school work done. havnet been able to do anything the past two days. ugh! katlyn stayed at my moms house though, but she's not behind like some 11 year old boys I know.
the kids did well though. Garrett wasn't too happy about being in the PNP at times, but once he took a nap (after falling asleep in the swing) and the other he just played. katlyn and the boys did their best to keep him occupied by swinging and romping in the grass. they were all dirty by the end of the day though. my little piglets!
Garrett is still not feeling 100% though. he acts fine, plays great, naps like he should, but he's not eating well still. he again, didn't finish his yogurt this morning, did take some juice/pedialyte mix. at lunch he ate.... um... well, not sure what he ate. oh, he helped mom finish her cereal (special K), but barely touched his PB sandwich. drank a small bit of milk then. and some more juice mix later.
for dinner, he ate some of my garlic bread and I got out my last jar of stage 3 stuff (squash) to see if he'd take that. he ate half a jar for me.
I fixed his bottle for bedtime and he took 6 oz of that and went to sleep on me.
well, I went to go lay him down after typing up in stacy's journal when I reached the bedroom door, he power puked all over me! totally missed himself! bleh!!!!!!!! nothing like the smell of given-back formula. I didn't have to change him, seeing as he was still DRY *sheesh* but had to completely change myself and wipe off and clean the floor up (which will need the spot cleaner tomorrow).
he went right back to sleep and is laying down now.
obviously we need to hold off on the milk a while longer til his tummy is more set to rights. (reminds me of how hunter did with his first tummy bug). this was the first time he got sick since monday at lunch. :-(
plans for tomorrow are to stay home and get school work done. havnet been able to do anything the past two days. ugh! katlyn stayed at my moms house though, but she's not behind like some 11 year old boys I know.
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
science test!
in a GREAT round of news, Canaan made a 91% on his science test
yesterday! that's his first A in science this year! Praise the Lord for
the new curriculum he likes!!
yesterday! that's his first A in science this year! Praise the Lord for
the new curriculum he likes!!
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
nothing much yet today. C has been warned that the two books he's behind on will either be done by friday or his PSP is being taken away. he got a =-O look about him then.
my mom came over yesterday and gave the kids their gifts they picked up from Gatlinburg. K got a handmade pair of earrings (silver and precious stone), C got a new pocket knife and the 2 boys got bow and arrow sets (plastic with the little suction cups on the arrows) and G got a black/brown bear stuffed animal.
funny story about the stuffed bear. it was laying on the porch by G and one of our male cats was sneaking up on it wondering what it was. I got the bear and shook it at the cat and he bucked up hissing and running! :-D
the boys have been constantly playing with their bow sets, learning how to shoot them and all.
my mom came over yesterday and gave the kids their gifts they picked up from Gatlinburg. K got a handmade pair of earrings (silver and precious stone), C got a new pocket knife and the 2 boys got bow and arrow sets (plastic with the little suction cups on the arrows) and G got a black/brown bear stuffed animal.
funny story about the stuffed bear. it was laying on the porch by G and one of our male cats was sneaking up on it wondering what it was. I got the bear and shook it at the cat and he bucked up hissing and running! :-D
the boys have been constantly playing with their bow sets, learning how to shoot them and all.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
(no subject)
I'll be hitting the hay in just a minute. so tired. I feel like a bit of a sore throat is trying to sneak up on me. bleh!
it's been a good day, except the issues of getting C to get school done and not goofing off. >:o I'm doing new rules as of today. we'll see how those stand with him. time to let evil-mommy come out again. *grrrrrrrrr*
G has been very grouchy today. every time he sees me he cries to get me to pick him up. :-( he's had poop issues today though. not stopped up, its come out way too much today. started out normal, but 5 or 6 poops later and its a mess. his little butt was red by afternoon and getting diaper cream on him is a FIGHT and he's a strong little booger!! he can push me away from the change table with no problem, even better when I'm trying to hold a leg down so I can get stuff in all the nooks and crannies! I hope it looks better tomorrow.
I took the kids to mcds during C's practice today. mainly to play on the play area, but it was wet from the rain so we didnt stay out there long. the kids fussed about wanting food (of course) so I got a few burgers to munch on. ended up getting free ice cream for everyone cause they took over 10 minutes to get our food to us. and we were the only ones in line with food! the only other customers were 2 kids getting blizzard thingys! sheesh! I asked for the ice cream when they finally brought our burgers. the kids loved that! I got pics I'll try to post tomorrow too. G loved it as well. :-D
fixed talapia for dinner :-) and I'm still stuffed.
I think dh is going out of town next week to work for Boeing. :-( will know more later.
it's been a good day, except the issues of getting C to get school done and not goofing off. >:o I'm doing new rules as of today. we'll see how those stand with him. time to let evil-mommy come out again. *grrrrrrrrr*
G has been very grouchy today. every time he sees me he cries to get me to pick him up. :-( he's had poop issues today though. not stopped up, its come out way too much today. started out normal, but 5 or 6 poops later and its a mess. his little butt was red by afternoon and getting diaper cream on him is a FIGHT and he's a strong little booger!! he can push me away from the change table with no problem, even better when I'm trying to hold a leg down so I can get stuff in all the nooks and crannies! I hope it looks better tomorrow.
I took the kids to mcds during C's practice today. mainly to play on the play area, but it was wet from the rain so we didnt stay out there long. the kids fussed about wanting food (of course) so I got a few burgers to munch on. ended up getting free ice cream for everyone cause they took over 10 minutes to get our food to us. and we were the only ones in line with food! the only other customers were 2 kids getting blizzard thingys! sheesh! I asked for the ice cream when they finally brought our burgers. the kids loved that! I got pics I'll try to post tomorrow too. G loved it as well. :-D
fixed talapia for dinner :-) and I'm still stuffed.
I think dh is going out of town next week to work for Boeing. :-( will know more later.
Friday, April 06, 2007
new shoes!
new shoes!
he got his new Disney Store robeez knock-offs today! they had to have been new. the auction said used, but she must of thought wrong! still on the little shoe hanger with the tissue in them and no foot marks on the bottoms. the thing is, we'll be needing some 18-24m sized ones REALLY soon. like by the end of the month, if not sooner. like I said, my little big foot! he doesn't mind wearing them though and his feet don't sweat like crazy in them either. so I like!
Friday, March 23, 2007
school=money
I think I've found a motivation for C to make better grades. MONEY! I set it up so that with every quiz an A= .50, B= .25 and for every test A= $1, B= .50. Canaan has made $2 this week just for that (chores count separate) so he's excited to be making money again.
I'm doing the same with K, but she's not big on money (saves it and hoards it) so she's not made any from school work this week.
I'm doing the same with K, but she's not big on money (saves it and hoards it) so she's not made any from school work this week.
Monday, December 04, 2006
whew!
we had a good night, thank goodness. put G to bed at 10:30, he slept til about 5:30 then back to bed at 6 and slept til after 8. the kids got up with him then so I snoozed til about 8:30.
he's having fun kicking his symphony gym right now, had him a morning nursing to fill his tummy and I thought he was going to nap, but nope. he woke right up. ah well. :) at least he's a happy baby so far today.
kids are working now. had to get on Katlyn cause she was trying to skimp on some subjects. she kinda freaked when I said "bring me your books" LOL caught!
so she's off doing some more stuff now.
we're setting a goal to have all the books they're currently working in to be completed by the 21st. nothing outstanding over the Christmas break! Git 'r done!!
he's having fun kicking his symphony gym right now, had him a morning nursing to fill his tummy and I thought he was going to nap, but nope. he woke right up. ah well. :) at least he's a happy baby so far today.
kids are working now. had to get on Katlyn cause she was trying to skimp on some subjects. she kinda freaked when I said "bring me your books" LOL caught!
so she's off doing some more stuff now.we're setting a goal to have all the books they're currently working in to be completed by the 21st. nothing outstanding over the Christmas break! Git 'r done!!
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
leaving marks already
school went well today. I'm glad to say we're right on track right now and C and K have finished thier first book tests today. a couple more will be done next week, so I'm feeling good! :woo: (Gavin is in different books).
I finally got my hair colored tonight. LOL! was looking pretty rough as the last time I colored it was right before Garrett was born! :eek: yeah, can we say inverted skunk look? :lol: I gotta look spiffy for the reunion this weekend though. :D and Lordy, while speaking of my hair, it's falling out by the mountains! especially when I wash it. tonight I got a whole huge handfull of hair out of the shower! that's not even what I brushed out afterwards. good thing I've gone through this before or I'd be worried! :lol:
Garrett was a grouch again today. I'm not sure what the deal is. I'm wondering if he's a diaper snob. ?? he's always fussy when I use cloth diapers (though yesterday wasnt so bad). I know, silly thing to wonder, but it does seem to coincide. tomorrow will be disposie day since we'll be grocery shopping, so we'll see how he does. course he'll be in different surroundings too. ah well.
made an awesome country dinner tonight! breaded porkchops, mashed taters, gravy, green beans w/ bacon and big ol biscuits! YUM!! Robert was all over it and thanked me for making such great tasting chops! :D Love those dinners! I'm in the hankering for fried chicken too, so may pick me up some chicken tomorrow. or may get a whole fryer and just bake that sucker! YUM!!
hilarious Garrett story! ya'll know how he LOVES daddy's shoulder, well, last night he was there and while hanging out, gave daddy 3 HICKIES!!!! 
oh, my ebay auctions went great! I made $50 today! WOO!! I've gotta buy some ink for my printer, but all the rest is going to our first 'Ramsey bill snowball'! Cant tell you how glad I am to be working towards not scraping by each week! we've also agreed that if either of us want to buy anything over $20 we have to agree with each other. (course doesnt count for things like gas and food, duh. LOL) so that'll help keep us in track too. buckling down, pay stuff off! I'm enjoying my Total Money Makeover book too. havent gotten as far as I'd like since a lot of my time is well, BUSY, LOL, but I'm enjoying it and it's giving me a pep talk already. good stuff!
I guess that's it. I think there was more I was going to blab about, but forgot. :-)
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Easter fun update!
Happy Resurrection Jesus (thank you!) and a beautiful day to all!
got a ton of pics to share from this afternoon. will post those in a sec. Church was good, really enjoyed it! I even had some words of wisdom given to me (the spirit gave them to the sunday school teacher to give me-along with other people who had words given). which was really cool, cause it was totally on the mark in something I could understand.
they went like this
1. Your best is yet to come
2. I'll give you wisdom to pass on to your children
3. I'll not change the course I've called you to
now, these are significant to me because I've been having many doubts lately about if I'm a good homeschool mom. (the usual, 'do I do enough', 'how long will I do this', 'is it the best thing', etc...) now, the teacher today does NOT know that I homeschool nor did I say a thing about any of it, its all just been on my heart and mind for a while. so to have those words spoken to me really say a lot and give me a refreshment. 
for service, the group my mom sings with did a special song, His Life For Mine. My mom had put together a video presentation to sing along with the song on the overheads with footage from The Passion and man, it was SO good! everyone was riveted on the screens, just so touching with such beautiful music.
oh, another great thing, Hunter finally got a quiet seat prize at sunday school!!! its been a few months since that happened! LOL!!
we went to my moms after church and started dinner. Dad and the kids got there about an hour later and dh was right behind them. dinner was great, grilled chicken, burgers and hotdogs with mashed taters, corn, baked beans, chips and salad. *yum yum!* mom also fixed banana pudding. hehe!
after the food settled a bit, we sent the kids down to the creek with papaw so we could hide the eggs (over 200 of them!). the kids had a blast to say the least! they all made out with money, some more than others. LOL!
gavin found $22
Hunter found $14
Katlyn found $13
Canaan found $12
the other kids (Anthony and Hayley) also found $, but I cant remember how much). the rest was in CANDY so yes, we are plenty stocked on chocolate for a while! LOL! oh, some real eggs too that mom and I did.
so it was a blast. my brother and SIL came over after the egg hunt and brought Tyson (mini-pincher) and he entertained everyone. he learned how to slide down the slide by himself (so funny!) and the kids got pushed and twirled on the big tree swing. they are surely very worn out tonight!
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