Yeah, I am better. I felt like such ass, it wasn't even funny. I think what really pushed me in the right direction was being able to sleep in. I brought the girls to school, even started dinner. (Go crock pot meal in a bag!) With our house guest here, I can leave my monkeys in bed. After a half hour in the car, Emma is wired and ready to go. I actually got to sleep in until noon! My weightloss plans have gone to the pot for now. I am still at my current weight, not going up or down but haven't been able to go walk. I have been watching my portions but it's kinda hard when you are going out to eat every other night. I have been boxing half of my meals, eating the other half for lunch. Not the crab house though. Ick, gross. Our thoughts are on the future right now. We will have to move in 2008. Either Virginia or Washington. We had lived in VA for 8 years before this station. We know the area, things are nice there. Then there is WA. We have visited there. BEAUtiful. How often do you get to live in another state long enough to get to enjoy the place but not really have to plant roots?I went on an looked at their Girl Scout program. Pretty nice! I know and have been trained with the council in VA. I am just going to go with the flow, enjoy our time here and do what I need to do.Here is a news flash........we are thinking about adding one more kid to our family. Yes, this would be the last one. I would make sure the drs made sure of it before we left the hospital. Yeah, this one is up in the air. Mike has had a few dreams about it and now he has baby fever. Yes, HE has baby fever. I get the itch every once in a while but it is mainly him now. We will see how this one pans out. You know, I honestly think this is the real reason he won't get his G-string snipped. he wants to keep me pregnant all the time! I'm a friggin baby factory! Next thing you know, I will be like those Duggars with 16 kids......Anyway, life goes on in Redneckville. I have to break it to my 5 year old that his favorite NASCAR driver was fined yesterday and put on probation. Lord, how did my kid end up this way? Freaking Jeff Gordon fan, monster truck lover (this one from me), and wants a dirt bike or four wheeler. Mind you this is the kid that cried because he wanted to take ice skating lessons. (He cried his way out of it when he was 3) Now he cries that he wants off the ice without one of those walker things. This last week, he didn't want to, even though the week before he did awesome. (we bribed him with a Jeff Gordon Lego car) Mike told him if he skated to the other side and back during his practice time, he would get him something. He did, without any help and did it great. brat.I need to go shower. I have s*it to do today. Groceries, laundry........start Spring Break painting plans. I want to paint my bedroom and Michael's room. Must go, I stink.
Yesterday was such a good day! I was sick, cough, congestion and just plain ickyness. Lizzie had her riding lessons at 11. They went very well! Her partner got bit a little, but Liz made up for it for her. They had to lead the horse around and the other little girl wasn't too good at it. I think she was a bit gun shy. She rode well, also leading the other girl around while she rode, the other girl rode that is. (leading is when they take the lead rope by the horses mouth and has the horse either walk around of stops him.) She did well but I froze! I sat in my camp chair listening to my Ipod, frozen and coughing. After her lessons, we went downtown Charleston. We hit all the markets down at the market place. It's like a big flea market basicly. We hit the candy shop down there and got the kids some, hit a pirate ship shop where Michael got a sword, the Harley Davidson shop where Michael got a hat, and OF COURSE a painting shop where Chris, our visitor bought us a painting of the battery. It was a bit expensive! it was a similar print of this one but it shows it in the moonlight with the houses reflecting off the water. It is rather large, perfect for above my fireplace. Once I get it framed and hung I will take a pic of it. We finished our day out with dinner and the Charleston Crab house. I don't know if anyone has ever watched the A&E show, "Flip that House", but it was featured on there last week. We have eaten there many times but not since the remodel. You know, all that work and one of the toilets in the womens restroom still doesn't work! Today, I have had a headache with vertigo. I was up at 9 with congestion and had to go, BAD. Not to mention, my stomach was growling. I sat up alone and watched movies. It was nice not to have to deal with anyone. Well, now I am watching the race, doing laundry and making tuna salad for grilling tonight. I get filet minon tonight! I am dying and ready for a nap. If Emma is out, I am going down too!
I have the worst cough and sour throat right now. I knew I was going to get sick! It started a few days ago.....I really didn't have a voice when we took the troop to House of Bounce. I chaparoned Emily's field trip yesterday, feeling utterly pooish. Oh, and when I got my hair done, I was miserable the entire three hours I was there. I had a headache plus I have a sensitive head. BABY! Yes, I am a baby. Nah, honestly I am not that big of a baby when I get sick. Life still goes on because I am not a baby. The worst part about this is I have this thing on the bottom of my tongue. It is a piece of skin dangling with a white blister type thing on it. It HURTS! There were no appointments available so I will just deal. If anything, I will get in on Monday. Well, I guess I should go make coffee, do the dishes, laundry, etc......
We have a friend in town for the next few days, so I will be MIA. (I hate hypocrites who b*tch about you now updating your blog when THEY don't do it either! Cow!) I am going to a dyeing clinic today so I will have a new hair color. We also have a girl scout event tonight at a indoor jump castle place. Thursday, I go to the aquarium with Emily for her field trip. Saturday, Lizzie's riding lessons start up again, now at 11 am. A little early but it will set us up for the day. Skating lessons Monday, Girl Scouts on Tuesday........OH, and the canopy netting for my bed comes tomorrow. LOTS going on, LOTS to do! :) This past Monday, skating lessons went really well minus Emily's feet hurting, making her fall a lot. Ok, Emily didn't have a good time until we got home and her new skates arrived! They were on our front porch, of course, AFTER her lessons. Michael on ther other hand had a great time! This is the boy who quit two years ago, cried when Emily was going to go but not him. Well, he was a tee tee ( Momma's boy) the first two lessons. He had this look of distain on her face the whole time, wanting off the ice. Well, this time it was totally different. He was doing it on his own! He was turning on the ice, skating from one end to the other. He even fell twice after this one little girl who really likes him, kept tackling him, but he just got right up and kept going. Before this, he would have cried and wanted off. He really had a lot of fun! Maybe bribing him with a Jeff Gordon lego car was what did it? ~Hmmmmm~ ;) We will see on Friday. We are taking them ice skating for some more practice. Plus, Emily has to break in her new skates. See ya later!
Yup, we went to a pig roast yesterday. I honestly couldn't eat. Seeing the pig was too much! LOL The deal was, we went to this roast, invited by the dads of one of the players on my dh's baseball team. We got there before he did. Yeah, we felt like just party crashers! tehehe It was all of this guy's family. It seriously reminded me of one of my family reunions. Guys in leather Harley Davidson jackets and long hair. I was at home! There was a playground that was behind the house. Seriously, it was behind all the backyards, even across the playground there were houses so it was enclosed. My three remaining children played out there until it was too dark. Oh, yeah! I lost a child for the weekend. I brought Emily up to Columbia for the weekend. Her auntie is taking her on a mini shopping spree. She took Lizzie last time and now it is her turn. The one thing she really wants to get is roller shoes. Patty said she would get them if she could find them. I don't know where to get them..... If she finds them, she is a miracle worker!
This weekend was kick *ss!! Yes, Friday we did go ice skating. (refer to last post) Saturday was a whole other ball game. We originally went to find Emily some ice skates. We went out and found Dick's. They don't carry ice skates but I did get a new camp chair and some roasting forks. (no ice skates in SC? Weird!) As we are driving around, Mike mentions the fact that his command was having an event at Frankie's Fun Park. He couldn't tell us this earlier? We headed down to North Charleston to check it out. We had never been there before. Well, it was $5 per person for all you can ride/play. We did a little putt-putt first. Even Miss Emma got to try! Then Michael baby and I did the go carts with two of Mike's co workers and their daughters. I have seriously found my stress releaser!! I was power sliding around turns and whooping on his 18-20 year old students rears! It was a whole lot of fun~!The final thing we did were the bumper boats. I didn't really want to but Emma wanted to go on. I was a bit afraid after seeing all three of Mike's co workers gang up on one of them. Mind you the guy is like 6'6", with his knees up to his ears......the girls SOAKED him! Lizzie, Emily, and Michael shared a boat and Emma and I shared one. Well, needless to say, the girls got me too! Right in the ear! LOL I could hear all the dads laughing it up. LOL I was so much fun! Then all us girls ganged up on about 4 of the students. Ooh, this one moron had an Ipod on while out there. HELLO! You are going to get wet! Anyway, it turned out fabulously!After our eventful day, we invited everyone over for cards, pizza and beer. We had about ten people over. Ooh, one family brought real, homemade lumpia over. Oh, I miss our neighbors in Virginia! The Philipino culture has WONDERFUL food!On Sunday, we decided to decompress at the beach. Plus, we all get a kick out of Emma doing the hair thing. She moves her head back and forth in the breeze, pushing her hair back with her hand. Too cute! It was beautiful out there.....perfect day for beachcombing! The beach we go to is on Sullivan's island, lately featured in the hit show,"Surface." LOL I know, retarded right? It is the original port for incoming slaves from Africa. There is an old fort out there that you can tour. Pretty cool actually. It is the same beach we helped clean up this past fall.Well, off to catch up on laundry and cleaning. Last night, after Michael and Emily's ice skating lessons, we had a friend and his daughter over for dinner. His daughter is in Emily's class. I have to do all the dishes still from last night still. Thank goodness for dishwashers!!
The kids were given free skate sessions to practice their skills so we took them out! Mike had a blister on his foot from running so I went out with them. First off, my skates were crap! I have been ice skating quite a bit. Hello! I am from Minnesota! They hurt my feet and the blades were weird. I totally understand Emily complaining about her feet hurting. We are going to go buy her some skates up at Dick's. I found some double bladed skates for Michael that would work. They have two blades that are close together. I am going to ask his teacher if those would be ok. If I go skating again with them, I will need a pair of my own. At least my feet won't grow so I can keep mine forever. Man alive, I feel disconnected. I just don't feel like every thing is real sometimes Then again, I have not been getting enough sleep this week. I still end up staying up late, even with TiVo. Lord, last night I stayed up until 11 pm. Emma had me up before 9 am! I can't wait until she is older so I can get some sleep in time!!! (She is laying on the cat right now! You would know it but they are really good buddies!) I need to take a relaxing bath. Usually that resets my system. ~yawn~ I will just sit and melt my brain on the computer for awhile and watch the new Harry Potter again.
Yeah, I broke down and bought one. It was on sale for $150 so I jumped on it. I am going up to the fitness center today and get my walkin' groove on! Yup, today I finally have some time to go up and get my membership. Monday, I had so much laundry and yesterday was our troop meeting. Well, ice skating went over pretty well. Emily jumped right in and had a blast. She fell a few times, once enough to make her cry. She is determined to keep on. Something like falling just doesn't hold her back from what she wants. Michael on the other hand, had a harder time getting into it. Everyone and their brother was there so it was PACKED. He got a bit overwhelmed for the first five minutes when it was his time to get on the ice. With a little pestering, he went out. Once he started working with the other kids and the two teachers for his age group, he was just fine. He had a great time except when it came to practice. There were just too many kids on the ice! I don't know why they overbooked the classes like that. Not only did they have three that were taking it the same time but there was a hockey group out there. Then during the practice, they moved them all over and started with another class. He was not the only one that got too overwhelmed. A few kids got off plus a friend of ours daughter was taking it with Emily and she got knocked down by another kid. Lizzie starts with Saturday classes this weekend. I hope she doesn't mind getting up early for it! Oh! I am not re training for camp. The reason? Our buddy from Washington is coming to visit! Woo Hoo! Chris has been a friend of ours since Michael was a baby. I was friends with his now exwife when I was pregnant with him. I canNOT wait!! I have to go shower. I didn't get one in yesterday so I feel pretty grubby. ISH! At least Michael and Emma get a bath out of it! What I do is put them in my big ol' tub while I use the shower. There is enough privacy behind the shower part so I can get a robe on where they can't see. This way, I can hear them and know what they are doing while I am showering.
I sure was crabby...Could ya tell? The last two days I didn't get enough sleep so I was crabby, tired and down. I am juiced up on coffee right now. The sad part....it is TV that is keeping me up! That is changing as of today. I had TiVo hooked up today. No more late night TV on school nights! Before I would just go back to sleep. Not anymore! One, who wants to waste away sleeping all day. All it does is get you in trouble in the depression area. Two, no house work would get done. Three, I have lost weight just on staying awake and doing what I need to do during the day. Mind you, it is minimal weight and I have cut my portions a LOT. I am thinking of doing Jenny Craig. I buy my lunches preportioned anyway, why not do the whole shabang! One of my weightloss buddies is doing very well with it. Why not give it a try?! New news. Lizzie, my oldest, was signed up for the next session of riding lessons. She is tickled. Her one request was she doesn't want to do jumping. LOL I also signed Emily AND Michael for ice skating lessons. Michael wussed out his first year and quit. He was only 3 and just wasn't ready. He wanted to do it this past summer but had broken his arm. He sat and cried about not being able to do hockey so I caved and signed him up. He will do this and hold down his responsibility as bat boy for the AAU team.Last night, after signing up everyone for their 'thing', Mike and Michael had baseball practice. Michael said he didn't feel go so he stayed home. About twenty minutes later, he decided he felt better so I took him up. The boys were so excited that he came. Mike thought I had pressured him to go to practice but it was all on him. He was so proud of his boy. He thought he just didn't want to do it anymore after getting his skating lessons. Here the real reason was he didn't know where his baseball pants were and thought the boys would make fun of him in normal pants. Isn't it funny how they think?One thing that was irritating me before was nonreliable people. I let it all fester and I released it all on my blog. Shoot, what I vented about was totally off the subject of what I was mad about. My opinions are still the same but boy were they b*tched about. Lord knows I can be one here and there. ;) I have learned that the only one you can rely on is yourself. Enough said. With that I end for the weekend. I have SIX kids to handle this weekend. I am adding a 4 yr old and 9 month old for the weekend. WOO HOO! LOL Bye for now!
Ok, seriously done! What I really wanted to vent about is the rec center. I can use my stroller on their indoor track from 11:30 to 12:30. I really wanted to go early in the morning! I can work it in. Plus, I can get everything I need to get done finished early on. LOL Guess what? LOL I am totally retarded I know but I downloaded a voice clip from Eurotrip. Now, when I sign in and I have mail it says,"Mail Motha Fer" I know I am seriously off my knocker. The worse part, my 2 year old tries to mimic it. ~sigh~ I might have to take it off. I think I went wrong when I laughed my butt off about it when she first did it. Then my sil did while she was on the phone with me. I think I have got her out of it. I crack up every time I sign in now! LOL I feel much better. I think I was just really anxious. I get that way sometimes. I am over it now! THANK YOU BLOG!
Wasn't I all high and mighty yesterday. I was very irritated in the morning. I don't even remember what set me off......one of the kids must of done something. I don't take any of it back though. People are seriously not responsible for themselves and act like children. Back when we were goofed up and did all that stuff, we were young. I can see how many people are just not educated enough so when they go out in the world, they don't know how to handle it correctly. We were under that catagory. Then WE LEARNED. Get educated. It took us the hard way but now we are good. It is so weird to go in to buy a car and not here,"there is an alternative you might qualify for" or "sorry, we can't help you." It worked when we bought this house. That one of course took longer. HELLO! It is a house. Gosh, I look back and wonder how we survived. We didn't have a car for about a year and a half. We had crazy bills. We were always a payment behind......I have to get off. I am going up and getting a membership up at the fitness center. $25....A YEAR!! Can't beat it. Oh, I have lost 14 pounds since last year, 3 of which were this year. Not much but I haven't really worked out yet. All I have done is watch my intake. Ooh, there is another subject. People b*tching about their weight or not having any energy or hurting after doing simple things like, oh say WALKING. I am a heavy girl but have never been sore the next day from simple walking. Now if it is my abs workout, boy I tell ya what....I can feel ab muscles I didn't know I had!! GOTTA GO AND GET OFF MY BUTT!! :)
