Ice, Ice Baby

So we got hit with an ice storm on Tuesday night and I chose to stay home on Wednesday (the office opened at 10ish). I really wasn't feeling well so calling in sick was not a total fabrication of reality. With the luck I have with my stupid car (deer, hail, rear-ending trucks), I just knew ice was not a good combo w/ car so I stayed home with the kids. E is going thru a most horrible phase (Foul Four's) where he cries about EVERYTHING! So staying home with him all day is not exactly a 'vacation' for me. After starting the morning with tears because he wasn't going to GaGa's house, followed by tears over the breakfast I made, followed by tears over the t.v. show his sister wanted to watch - I finally put my foot down. I just told him that we were not going to have a very good day together if he was going to keep up all the crying. I explained that it really grates on Mommy's very last nerve when he spends every waking minute crying or throwing a fit about something and that I was not going to respond to that type of behavior anymore. Lo' and behold - it worked. He's a bright kid and he adores me (the upside to having a son!) so to him the thought of pissing me off all day was not an option. He was amazingly wonderful all day long after that and really has been great with me ever since. When he starts to pull a fit, I give him my 'look' and walk away. He dries those tears quickly and apologizes for his behavior. He's such a good boy.

Besides finally getting my four year old in check, I was able to use my ice day at home to get some things accomplished on the computer. I updated my A Phi scrapbook with all of the 2008 gatherings (except Christmas as I didn't take pics that day so I'll have to get those off the Phi blog or Kara's FB page). It was nice to have that book updated and can file it away until Camp this summer. I am doing all digital scrapbooking for that book and adding the embellishments to the printed page - I love it because it is so much faster than traditional scrapbooking and I still get to add my own touch of bling. I wish I would do the kids books that way but I have so much invested in paper that I cannot bring myself to make the switch.

So all in all, my ice day was a good day (would have been better if I had not sneezed all day but hey, you take what you can get). I finally watched "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium". I listened to some good music. I even fell on the ice while running a quick errand for A. Luckily, I fell to my left knee and not on my rear end. My tailbone is finally healed from the July 4th fall in the pool - there is no way I want to go thru that pain again by landing there ever in my life!!! Of course, my knee hurts like hell but I can still walk and I don't sit on my knee so life is still golden!

Today it is sunny and 60+ degrees - you gotta love Texas weather.