Have you ever had one of those days where the pressure in your head feels like it could just explode? Yes? Well, that is how I feel today. I'm taking a pretty strong decongestant but I just cannot seem to kick this pressure. It's been on and off for almost three weeks now and I'm ready for it to move on. I cannot continue to function like this! My brain is so foggy, I type stuff that makes no sense whatsoever. It doesn't help that one of my coworkers called in sick today and the other is in Hawaii - I hate them both right now with a passion!! I'm here alone with the boss and he's cool today but I just want to put my head on the desk and sleep and he may not appreciate that!!
The kids have this same mess going on too and both spend the entire night coughing. I can hear one thru the wall and the other on the monitor. Bless their little hearts, they seem nice and rested in the morning and ready to kick start another day and I look like a zombie from listening to them cough all night. Last night hubby woke me up because he wanted to know if I thought he should give them each a drink of water to help w/ the coughing. Now, I was actually sleeping at that moment so why it was necessary to wake me with such a question is beyond me? He's a firm believer in "if he's awake, I should be awake too". I've always been more of a "let sleeping mommies lie" kind of gal myself. Wish I could get that thru his head.
Oh well......I only have 4 more hours of work before I can go home, log on the computer to do an hours worth of work at my 2nd job, then get the kids fed & ready for bed, and then I can collapse and hope that sleep comes quickly tonight!! Yeah right - said the same thing last night and I was staring at the clock at 11:30.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Another weekend in the dust
My how time flies when I'm having fun. Did I have fun this weekend? Heck yeah! I had a blast yesterday at Celebrate ! Dallas with my friends. We scrapped, talked, smuggled Coca Cola products, ate really good mexican food, attended a good class, looked at some great ideas, and even found time to shop for more scrapbook stuff on the way home!! It was a really fun day. We did have one fallen scapper though - one friend caught the stomach bug from her baby boy and woke up too sick to join us on Saturday. We were all bummed for her but brought her home the goodie bag and some other fun stuff so she wouldn't feel like she missed out on it all.
One of my kids didn't fare such a fun weekend. A started her weekend off poorly - by throwing up in my mom's car as they pulled out of school. She didn't have any other symptoms at the time, just an upset stomach. I went to Mom's after work to get the kids and she chose to stay with her grandmother because: 1) I wasn't going to be home Saturday; and, 2) let's face it, my mom is a much better care giver than I'll ever be. Even I want to be at her house when I'm sick so I do not blame my daughter a bit for feeling the same way. Mom called later to say A had thrown up one more time but she seemed to feel better after that.
Hubby took care of E on Saturday and even picked up A after lunch so he had both kids all day. I'm sure they all enjoyed watching LSU win. That is always a source of fun in our house - a good LSU game on national television. I knew better than to call too often from my scrap outing because he'd be too involved in the game to talk to me. When I got home Sat. night, the kids were asleep, the kitchen was clean and he'd made one incredible peach cobbler for dessert. What a dream day for me....scrapping and peach cobbler.
A didn't feel well again today but her stomach is settled. She complained she was dizzy so I'm guessing now that in addition to some stomach bug, she has a middle ear infection. My buddy Dr. T suggested Sudafed to clear the fluid out. So we started that this afternoon and she said it did make her feel better but now she's lying in her room trying to sleep in between coughing fits. I have a feeling my euphoria from yesterday will wear off soon because I can hear her coughing thru the bedroom wall! Oh well, it was time to come back down to earth anyway. At least, I had some more peach cobbler to provide some happiness to my evening!
Tomorrow is the start of another week....................
One of my kids didn't fare such a fun weekend. A started her weekend off poorly - by throwing up in my mom's car as they pulled out of school. She didn't have any other symptoms at the time, just an upset stomach. I went to Mom's after work to get the kids and she chose to stay with her grandmother because: 1) I wasn't going to be home Saturday; and, 2) let's face it, my mom is a much better care giver than I'll ever be. Even I want to be at her house when I'm sick so I do not blame my daughter a bit for feeling the same way. Mom called later to say A had thrown up one more time but she seemed to feel better after that.
Hubby took care of E on Saturday and even picked up A after lunch so he had both kids all day. I'm sure they all enjoyed watching LSU win. That is always a source of fun in our house - a good LSU game on national television. I knew better than to call too often from my scrap outing because he'd be too involved in the game to talk to me. When I got home Sat. night, the kids were asleep, the kitchen was clean and he'd made one incredible peach cobbler for dessert. What a dream day for me....scrapping and peach cobbler.
A didn't feel well again today but her stomach is settled. She complained she was dizzy so I'm guessing now that in addition to some stomach bug, she has a middle ear infection. My buddy Dr. T suggested Sudafed to clear the fluid out. So we started that this afternoon and she said it did make her feel better but now she's lying in her room trying to sleep in between coughing fits. I have a feeling my euphoria from yesterday will wear off soon because I can hear her coughing thru the bedroom wall! Oh well, it was time to come back down to earth anyway. At least, I had some more peach cobbler to provide some happiness to my evening!
Tomorrow is the start of another week....................
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Me Time
Only two more days until Celebrate Dallas and I get to spend the entire day doing one of my favorite things - scrapbooking!!! 11 glorious hours of cutting, pasting, cropping, embellishing!! Yippee! Can you tell I'm excited? Plus, I get to do all of this with several of my good friends so what could be better? Okay, a day of pampering at the spa might be better but who am I kidding - that is never going to happen so this is the very next best thing.
Of course, there is that horrible Mommy guilt about leaving for an entire day w/o the kiddos but I get over that pretty quickly because I know that "When Mommy is happy, everybody is happy!". Good life motto, don't you think? I am a firm believer in doing what it takes to make myself happy on a regular basis so that I can be a better mother, wife, friend, daughter, etc. I know my choices to spend time with friends bothers people like my dad. He thinks it is totally unfair that I have so much 'me' time and my hubby has none. Correction, my hubby played golf for 6 hours every Sunday for five years with my dad. During that time, I didn't know the importance of 'me' time so I really didn't get out much. I cannot help that my discovery happened not long before my hubby lost his job and we had to eliminate country club dues from our lives. I was still able to do my Girl's Night Out activities because they didn't cost much but the idea of paying $300/mo for him to golf seemed ridiculous. Now he plays tennis and golf and I continue to roll on with my 'me' time activities as often as possible. The funny thing is, 'me' time doesn't bother him a bit. He teases me sometimes when I have multiple activities in a week, but he is very supportive of my time with my friends and my scrapbook time. Life cannot get much better than having an understanding husband.
I truly feel bad for gals whose husbands do not support 'me' time. Some men make their wives feel guilty about 'me' time - like they are letting down their marriage or their kids by getting away for awhile to rejuvinate. That's bologna and they know it, but if they word it just the right way - they can make their wives think it is their idea to stay home. These are the marriages that generally do not last. The gals in my circle of friends fall into both categories. The ones with the open-minded husbands seems genuinely happier w/ life and their marriage than the ones whose husbands want them home 24/7.
Something that is equally important as 'me' time is 'couple time' but I find that is harder to come by. It is much easier to leave the kids w/ one spouse while the other gets away for awhile. Spending money on a sitter or finding family members willing to take the kids in the evening are not generally easy options. When you factor in the cost of a sitter, a night out w/ your spouse gets pricey. I wish we had more 'couple time' but we try to make the most of it when we do find time alone. I'm blessed to have a mother that takes my kids away every summer for a few weeks to visit the great grandparents. Hubby and I cram as much fun into those weeks as humanly possible. It rejuvinates our marriage.
I guess what I'm trying to say in my generally rambling way.....life cannot always be about the kids, the house, the chores - sometimes life needs to be about making yourself happy or making your marriage better. I think it's very hard to balance all of these aspects into a hectic life but it can be done and it is important. So here's to all my fellow gals in hopes that you, too, find a good balance between home, marriage and 'me' time!!!!!
Of course, there is that horrible Mommy guilt about leaving for an entire day w/o the kiddos but I get over that pretty quickly because I know that "When Mommy is happy, everybody is happy!". Good life motto, don't you think? I am a firm believer in doing what it takes to make myself happy on a regular basis so that I can be a better mother, wife, friend, daughter, etc. I know my choices to spend time with friends bothers people like my dad. He thinks it is totally unfair that I have so much 'me' time and my hubby has none. Correction, my hubby played golf for 6 hours every Sunday for five years with my dad. During that time, I didn't know the importance of 'me' time so I really didn't get out much. I cannot help that my discovery happened not long before my hubby lost his job and we had to eliminate country club dues from our lives. I was still able to do my Girl's Night Out activities because they didn't cost much but the idea of paying $300/mo for him to golf seemed ridiculous. Now he plays tennis and golf and I continue to roll on with my 'me' time activities as often as possible. The funny thing is, 'me' time doesn't bother him a bit. He teases me sometimes when I have multiple activities in a week, but he is very supportive of my time with my friends and my scrapbook time. Life cannot get much better than having an understanding husband.
I truly feel bad for gals whose husbands do not support 'me' time. Some men make their wives feel guilty about 'me' time - like they are letting down their marriage or their kids by getting away for awhile to rejuvinate. That's bologna and they know it, but if they word it just the right way - they can make their wives think it is their idea to stay home. These are the marriages that generally do not last. The gals in my circle of friends fall into both categories. The ones with the open-minded husbands seems genuinely happier w/ life and their marriage than the ones whose husbands want them home 24/7.
Something that is equally important as 'me' time is 'couple time' but I find that is harder to come by. It is much easier to leave the kids w/ one spouse while the other gets away for awhile. Spending money on a sitter or finding family members willing to take the kids in the evening are not generally easy options. When you factor in the cost of a sitter, a night out w/ your spouse gets pricey. I wish we had more 'couple time' but we try to make the most of it when we do find time alone. I'm blessed to have a mother that takes my kids away every summer for a few weeks to visit the great grandparents. Hubby and I cram as much fun into those weeks as humanly possible. It rejuvinates our marriage.
I guess what I'm trying to say in my generally rambling way.....life cannot always be about the kids, the house, the chores - sometimes life needs to be about making yourself happy or making your marriage better. I think it's very hard to balance all of these aspects into a hectic life but it can be done and it is important. So here's to all my fellow gals in hopes that you, too, find a good balance between home, marriage and 'me' time!!!!!
Monday, September 17, 2007
Sisters and kids
Well, A came home from camp completely thrilled with the world. She and her cabinmates had an absolutely wonderful week and would go back in a heartbeat. Her and one of her cabinmates sang me many lovely camp songs at H's little sister's birthday party Friday evening. A went to the party to keep her friend from going crazy being surrounded by 7 yr olds. The two of them entertained me for an hour with tales from camp and a lovely song about "baby sharks...dodododododo". It is now permanately stuck in my head. The biggest downside of camp (besides the song in my head) was her complete exhaustion. We signed her up for a tennis tournament on Saturday and that turned out to be a complete waste of the entry fee since she hadn't had a lesson all week and was too tired to move her feet on the court. Oh well, it got me out in the sunshine for a few hours and we watched some of her friends play some great matches!
Then Saturday night, I got some sister time with my Phis!!! We met for dinner (seven of us). We had our typical interesting conversations, completely wore out our waiter (who was severly lacking in manners and personality), and laughed alot (especially when we found out what side Chele brings out in Steph - you go girls!!). After dinner, we rushed to Kara's house for a special "toy" party (sorry for being late Kara - but we are Phis, what else would you expect?)!! The party was a blast but the highlight was walking thru the door and seeing my pledge sister, Candace after all these years. I have not see her since a year or two into married life so it's been about 15 yrs. She hasn't changed a bit (that dirty dog). I have so many funny stories about Candace but I'll save those for another day! Candace brought Christy with her which is another Phi I had not seen since forever ago! We had a great time at the party, caught up on each other's lives and laughed a whole lot. Missed my BFF alot at this party - parties like this are made for her and I because we are so wickedly funny when it comes to stuff like this. But she was off selling sausage and apparently tending to one very sick child. Turns out her daughter came up with pneumonia over the weekend. Yikes!
Sunday consisted of more bad tennis and a promise that we will not allow A to miss another week of practice if she seriously wants to be more competitive in tennis. I feel like she's getting to that age where she has to make a choice between tennis and a social life (which is awful in my humble opinion but a reality in today's highly competitive world of children's sports). What exactly are we setting them up for by pushing them so hard? I'm not sure but I know she doesn't want to get left behind at this point so most of the pushing comes from within.
Mr. E spent the weekend being dragged along to all the tennis functions. He's a real trooper and seems to enjoy himself. Of course, his little allergies are out of control now thanks to being outside so much. In the tub last night, he rolls onto his tummy, looks back over his shoulder and announces "mommy, I see my butt". You had to be there - it was too funny. It's like he discovered it for the first time! He cracks me up!
Counting down the days to the all day Creative Memories Scrapbook event: 5 ~~ Yippee!!!!
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Hiking, canoeing and stars......
So I packed A off to Camp this week. The entire fifth grade (minus one lonely boy who chose not to go) headed to Graford for four days of nature walks, canoe rides, watching stars and telling ghost stories!! This is an annual event at our elementary and something that A has looked forward to since kindergarten. Somehow in the same weekend that we pulled off the largest bday party in history (rain included), I also managed to label every pair of underwear, shorts, tops, toiletry items, etc. that needed to go to camp. The morning of the bday party, I am frantically trying to get the last of her gear packed into the duffel bag so we wouldn't have to worry about it for the next few nights. I discovered that somehow my daughter made it thru the entire summer with very few pair of shorts and the few she had were not appropriate for hiking. Bless my mother's heart, she came to the rescue again and shopped all day Monday until she found four pair suitable for camp. I miss A like crazy and am counting down the hours til she is home to tell me about the experience.
The birthday party was a huge hit with the 10-11 yr old crowd. They loved the pool, loved the music and even loved the downpour of rain that took over the last hour of the party. Luckily, no lightning so they could play in the rain for that hour. The parents had the pleasure of trying to keep the food, cake and gifts dry but the kids could care less. They didn't mind soggy cake or chips. It was just too fun playing in the rain. A received so many gift cards as gifts, it might take us about six months to get to each and every store to spend them. She'll love it though and I'll survive.
E is still loving school this year and cracking me up with everything he's learning. He recently informed us that he has "kinky poop": translation - stinky poop. I love the stuff that comes out of this kid's mouth. So now things in our house are no longer stinky but kinky!! Life with a son is a never ending barrel of laughs!
The birthday party was a huge hit with the 10-11 yr old crowd. They loved the pool, loved the music and even loved the downpour of rain that took over the last hour of the party. Luckily, no lightning so they could play in the rain for that hour. The parents had the pleasure of trying to keep the food, cake and gifts dry but the kids could care less. They didn't mind soggy cake or chips. It was just too fun playing in the rain. A received so many gift cards as gifts, it might take us about six months to get to each and every store to spend them. She'll love it though and I'll survive.
E is still loving school this year and cracking me up with everything he's learning. He recently informed us that he has "kinky poop": translation - stinky poop. I love the stuff that comes out of this kid's mouth. So now things in our house are no longer stinky but kinky!! Life with a son is a never ending barrel of laughs!
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Eleven
My baby girl turned 11 today! Hard to believe that this 5ft. 1 1/2 inch tall preteen was once just a little 21 1/2 inch baby in my arms. She had quite a busy birthday weekend. I let her invite two friends for a sleepover on Sunday and then had my parents, my brother and his son, and our close friends from Hachie and their two daughters over for a cookout. A had a blast with her friends. Mom made the heart shaped birthday cake (tradition that GaGa make the cake every year!) and A opened her presents from us which consisted of a lot of clothes from Justice and Limited Too that made all the girls in room (under the age of 11) scream with delight!! Who would have thought that the little girl who used to open clothes, make a face and throw them down as she reached for the next gift hoping for a toy would grow up to love clothes more than toys?
Monday, as our sleepover guests were leaving, my bff D and her daughter came up to spend the day with us. While the kids played, D and I talked (big surprise)!! Then we went to the Rainforest Cafe at the mall and treated the kids to a very noisy, very crowded, very slow meal. They loved the atmosphere though and the food is always very good. E was fascinated with the gorillas, butterflies, elephants and snakes all over the place. I was afraid the noises would scare him but he wasn't phased a bit! After lunch, we went back to the house for awhile and they started their long trek home (made much longer due to Labor Day traffic and rain - sorry D). After they left, we piled in the car for the traditional spaghetti birthday dinner at GaGa and Pa's house. Then we came home and iced cupcakes for her to take to tennis drills tonight for her friends.
Three bday celebrations down and one to go! I haven't heard a thing from the other mom's about it so hopefully everything is coming together.
I got a great gift this weekend from Evan - a cold! Bless his little heart, he went to school two days last week and already brought me some fancy germs. He's too good to me. I feel lousy today and should have gone with my first instinct when my alarm went off at 6:30 - stay home!!!!! Why oh why do I never listen to the sleep deprived voice in my head??? Holding my head up at my desk and signing off for now......
Monday, as our sleepover guests were leaving, my bff D and her daughter came up to spend the day with us. While the kids played, D and I talked (big surprise)!! Then we went to the Rainforest Cafe at the mall and treated the kids to a very noisy, very crowded, very slow meal. They loved the atmosphere though and the food is always very good. E was fascinated with the gorillas, butterflies, elephants and snakes all over the place. I was afraid the noises would scare him but he wasn't phased a bit! After lunch, we went back to the house for awhile and they started their long trek home (made much longer due to Labor Day traffic and rain - sorry D). After they left, we piled in the car for the traditional spaghetti birthday dinner at GaGa and Pa's house. Then we came home and iced cupcakes for her to take to tennis drills tonight for her friends.
Three bday celebrations down and one to go! I haven't heard a thing from the other mom's about it so hopefully everything is coming together.
I got a great gift this weekend from Evan - a cold! Bless his little heart, he went to school two days last week and already brought me some fancy germs. He's too good to me. I feel lousy today and should have gone with my first instinct when my alarm went off at 6:30 - stay home!!!!! Why oh why do I never listen to the sleep deprived voice in my head??? Holding my head up at my desk and signing off for now......
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