The Long and Winding Road

19 December 2007 @ 10:58 am

Tis the Season!

The holidays are upon us. I love this time of year because there are so many opportunities to share the wonderful story of the birth of Christ with my children. As we hang angel ornaments, we tell of the angel who appeared to the sheperds with the wonderful news that a Savior was born. As we wrap gifts, we can celebrate that Jesus Christ is the most wonderful gift and that we give gifts to each other in honor of his birthday. As we decorate with nativity scenes, we can share the story of the Jesus' birth and that the reason he was born was to be our King and Savior.

I love that my children are falling in love with Jesus. It warms me from the inside out to see them reading their little Bibles, or playing with their own nativity set, and hearing their thoughtful little prayers. I've often felt that my one purpose in this life is to make sure that my children know Jesus and bring him into their hearts. If I accomplish nothing else, I know that I've served His will by teaching Wesley and Hanna about Him. My heart is filled to the point of bursting with love for Jesus Christ and it is a wonderful feeling!

I can proudly say that all of my shopping is done! Yay!!! I don't think I could handle more crowds or more traffic at this point. John and I shopped in Savannah on Saturday--didn't leave till around 1 and it was nearly MIDNIGHT when we finally got home! The traffic in Savannah was horrendus! We got in a huge jam on 204 that stretched from 95 all the way to Target! It took us 55 minutes to get through there. We timed it on the way home when traffic was moving normally and it took us 8 minutes! Yikes!

But, we got all our shopping done. We even found the elusive dirt bike for Wesley that we've been searching for for the past month. We dropped in Walmart Saturday night to grab some dogfood and found one! I nearly squealed with excitement, lol. And I found the kitchen set for the Loving Family dollhouse at TRU--been looking for that for a while, too. I'm still waiting for one package from Skatewarehouse for Kyle and it's scheduled for delivery today. So, excluding that, everything is all wrapped and under the tree and Santa has the rest. ;-)

Today is the last day of school before Christmas vacation. It's a half-day so Wesley will come home at 1pm. He's recovering very nicely from his surgery and at this point, I'd say he's pretty much 100% back to normal. His voice has changed back to it's pre-surgery tone and he's eating regular foods again--though not quite as much as before--yet! I'm grateful that he's doing better and will feel good for Christmas.

And unfortunately, it's the season for other not-so-holiday happenings: John was robbed last week while in Austell. His truck was broken into and the GPS system, around $70 cash and the TOYS he'd purchased for Wesley and Hanna were all stolen. :-( He discovered the theft when he walked down to the hotel parking lot to pack up some stuff. He'd just left to go up to his room less than an hour before. So, thankfully, he didn't come back down sooner and catch the thieves in action. I shudder to think of the possiblities of what could've happened.

I'm proud of myself today, too. I cleaned all day yesterday: got the kids playroom and the sunroom totally clean in preparation for Christmas. The tree is in the sunroom, so that's where we'll be gathering to open presents. I packed up several boxes of toys from the playroom to make room for the new ones--and even still, they have a ton of toys left. But, they have agreed to donate some to the local Salvation Army so that maybe some other less fortunate kids can have some nice gifts for Christmas.

And, I also started a new story. :-) It's a oneshot, but hopefully I'll have it posted over at ff.net later today. And speaking of websites, check out: http://www.nevermetawiseman.com ;-)

Mood:

cheerful

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26 October 2007 @ 01:11 pm

:-(

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05 April 2007 @ 09:59 am

Okay, I think it's pretty obvious that I like, NEVER post here anymore. I haven't fallen off the face of the earth--just been kickin it over at myspace. Yes, I've succumbed to the petty trendiness that is myspace. *sigh*

Seriously though, my best friend from high school (whom I'd lost ALL contact with when she joined the military) found me again through myspace. Add a few more friends (old real-life ones and new ones), and I've gotten pretty into it.

I read my friends page here every day, but never manage to get around to posting--just responding. All of my recent blogs are over at the 'space.

Anywho, if you're cool like me ;) and have a myspace, look me up and be my friend: http://www.myspace.com/idriveacamaro

:O)

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21 January 2007 @ 10:26 pm

COLTS!!!!!!!! 38-34

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17 January 2007 @ 05:16 pm

Updates at Lazy Dynamite.

Nothing major. Just had to pay homage to my muse of late.

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09 January 2007 @ 10:32 am

Let's see, what's been up lately?

Well, the house is still a mess; although now, it's a more orderly, less-strewn mess. Our rooms are still turned upside down, the furniture/stuff from one spilling over onto another. My sunroom has now become John's resident weight room. He lugged his weight bench in here and it takes up one entire side of the room. I'll post some pics of it later--the camera batteries always go dead right when you need them, lol.

But, I look at the current state of our house--it seriously looks like we just moved here in some places--and I feel so damn lazy for not having it back right already. I have to keep reminding myself that I'd have to work non-stop all day, every day to get it back right so quickly. With two toddlers, I'm lucky if I can stay at one task for more than 30 minutes at a time. I did get more done yesterday than in previous days, so I'm making progress.

I've started getting Wesley's birthday stuff already. He wants Power Rangers, so I've had to search everywhere for the stuff. Finally found nice Mystic Force stuff on ebay. Got plates, napkins, noisemaker-things, tablecloth, and balloons for a little over $30. I couldn't find any cups that matched, so I figure I'll just do red plastic cups--they all like the red ranger anyways, so it should work.

He's picked out his present. We went to Walmart over the weekend and told him he could choose one of the battery-powered Power Wheel ride-on things. He chose a four-wheeler, so we'll go back and pick it up closer to his birthday.

I've also begun getting the kids some spring clothes. It was HOT here most of last week. (Of course, it's actually cold today.) But I know spring comes early down here. I picked them each up a few outfits from Gymboree and got Wesley some shirts from Gap (that were actually on sale, gasp!). So, I've gotten a bit of a headstart. Their closets are SO full right now, lol. I should take some pictures.

I'm afraid I've become addicted to Gymboree, lol. I never shopped there when the kids were smaller because it was just too expensive (moreso than Gap--and that was my limit when they were babies.) But, now I've started shopping there and I LOVE it. The clothes are soooo cute--especially the girls lines. And yes, it's still expensive, but I'm more willing to spend it now, lol. But the clothes are such high quality. And they have great re-sell on ebay, hehe.

But, seriously, I've started to notice just how lacking the "mart" brands are in quality. I never thought much about it before. I just bought whatever was cute--and I still do. If I see something cute at WallyWorld, I'll grab it, but that's a big IF, lol. For example, I bought Hanna a nightgown from WM for her birthday. It was cute and reminded me of the nightgowns I had when I was little. And it was around $7. The first time I washed it, it pilled like crazy! And that's one thing I can't stand--for pajamas to get those little fuzzies. I hated them when I was a kid and I'm not going to let my kids wear them like that. So, I do have a legitimate reason for only buying Gap and Old Navy PJs--they're the best--and they last! Anyway, I bought her another nightgown at Gymboree for Christmas. It was $29.50. It has been washed and worn several times and still looks and feels as good as new. Now, she's not going to have a drawer-full of Gymboree nightgows at $30 a pop, but I want her to be comfy.

And on that note, I gave away my Gymbucks. :-( I had $25 off a $50 purchase, but I gave them away to someone on the CCB because we decided not to go to Savannah during Gymbuck redemption, which is January 11-21. Instead, we're going to wait until the first weekend in February and go to the beach for the weekend. Since it's offseason, we can stay at the Ocean Plaza Resort for practically nothing--around $100/night. So, we talked my parents into going also, so we're gonna do a little mini-vacation. And I can't wait. I'm hoping to have my house finished by then, but if not, it'll be a welcome repreive from all the mess, lol.

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31 December 2006 @ 06:57 pm

It was well worth the $39.95 to see Liddell lay Ortiz's punk ass out.

That's all. :O)

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25 December 2006 @ 10:47 pm

Santa brought us....a tornado and a flood. :-(

I wish I could say the title was just some witty play on words, but unfortunately, it's not. We woke up this morning to our sunroom completely flooded with about an inch of water and major wind damage in the yard.

I woke up last night around 2:30 to the sound of some kind of crash. The wind was literally howling and the tree branches were battering the sides and roof of the house. I knew something was up because it didn't sound like just gusts of wind, but I never imagined it'd be a small tornado. I walked up the hall to refill Hanna's juice cup (she woke up a few seconds after I did) and noticed that the wind had blown our kitchen door all the way open and it was raining inside. By the time I got over to close it, the wind had completely stopped. I peeked out the side door to make sure Dodge was okay and went back to bed.

We woke up around 9 this morning and when the kids walked down into the sunroom to see what Santa had left, we noticed that the carpet was fully saturated and standing in puddles of water. Thankfully, the tree and their presents were on the opposite end, so none of it was damaged. However, our entertainment center, my grandfather clock and one end of the couch weren't so lucky. :-( I think most of it is salvagable--except the carpet. It's completely ruined.

Outside was even worse. We had no structural damage, but limbs were down, the kids play slide thing was blown across the yard, and all the trash was blown out of the trashcans--all over the neighborhood. Everyone's yard is littered with everyone else's trash. The carport from the house across the street was lifted off the side of the house and dropped back down on a light pole. No one lives in the house anymore, so no one was hurt. Siding was ripped off my parents house and two of my cousins' homes were hit with huge tree limbs and one with their trampoline. Everyone's safe and sound, though, and that's all that matters.

Other than that, we had quite a lovely Christmas. :O)

Santa was VERY good to the kids this year! :O) They each got tons of cool toys, clothes and books. Santa was even nice enough to leave their playhouse in the back of Daddy's truck because of all the bad weather. :) They've had a blast playing with their V-Smile and their Mega T-Rex's and Hanna has become quite the little Mommy with her new Cabbage Patch dolls and doll cradle, high chair and stroller.

And while the kids were busy playing with their new toys, John and I were completely re-arranging the house. We had to move all the furniture out of the sun room, which meant all of the toys were moved out of the playroom to make room for the living furniture. All the toys went into Wesley's bedroom (that he doesn't sleep in, lol) and the guest room became storage.

We didn't get around to getting the carpet ripped up yet and it's beginning to smell. Blech! Within the next few weeks, we're planning on putting an actual floor in--right now it's just carpet and padding on top of cement as the room was a patio before it was converted into a sunroom--so we'll leave all the furniture scattered around for a few weeks or so. Everything's pretty much settled now--except for the kitchen. It's a disaster area. But it's a nicely accessorized kitchen. :O) John bought me a new family-sized griddle, a new deep fryer (Yay!!!!) and a new, NICE set of knives. Oh, and a NICE stainless steel collander. Basically, he got me everything I wanted--all the things I'd dropped hints about the past month. :O) And he got the one thing he was wanting, too: one of those deer hunting cameras that you attach to the tree and it takes pictures of the woods so you know how many deer are passing through your hunting area. Don't know exactly what they're called, but that's what he got. He was totally shocked! Which was my intention. >:-)

Aside from all the weather stuff, we were just glad we had a healthy child on Christmas. We spent nearly all day Saturday in the ER with Wesley. :-( He'd been having minor diarrhea-ish BMs all week--but just once a day--nothing major. Well, Friday evening and night, the poor baby was in the potty every 2 hours or so with diarrhea. And then curling up with bad tummy cramps the rest of the time. He woke up Saturday morning throwing up, so we went to the ER. I really didn't think he was that sick. Turns out he was very dehydrated and had to have an IV of fluids. :-( It was horrible. We got some tummy medicine and were sent home after he kept down a popsicle without throwing up again. He had an okay night, but I was worried I'd have to take him back yesterday because he did not urinate ALL day. Finally last night at bath time, he did. And he's been totally fine today. :O) No more tummy ache or diarrhea. I'm taking him in tomorrow to his ped for a follow-up just to make sure he's okay.

Whew! I think this sets a record for my longest entry ever, lol. The kids are in bed--a nice competitive game of CandyLand wore them out, lol. I just felt like winding down by writing a bit.

Hope everyone had a nice holiday! :O)

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18 December 2006 @ 11:40 am

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....NOT!!!!!

It's hard to be in the Christmas spirit when it's freaking HOT outside. It's been in the mid-upper 70s the past few days and will be for a few days more. My kids wore shorts yesterday to play outside because it was so nice and warm. And don't get me wrong, this is NICE weather--if it were July!--but not 7 days from Christmas.

I keep telling myself I should be used to it: I've lived in Georgia my entire life and it's always warm here. But, I don't ever remember it being this warm this close to Christmas. It's just wrong. Although, we did see some cute palm tree holiday decorations on the way to Dublin yesterday. They definately fit the mood--and the weather.

We went to eat with the in-laws yesterday. John and I met up with his brother and wife, and his dad and step-mom-to-be at Cracker Barrel for lunch. We had to wait 30 minutes for a table, then another 30-40 for our food to arrive, but even with the splitting headache I had, it was soooo worth it. Their homestyle chicken was fabulous---it ws sooooo good. And it was kinda nice to have an adults-only meal, too. The kids stayed with my sister and had a Dairy Queen picnic, so they enjoyed themselves, too.

Hanna's still in bed(!) and Wesley's playing on his computer, so I decided to take a break from cleaning and get online for a few minutes. It seems like I can't ever keep my house clean. I mean, it's CLEAN, but it's messy right now. Is it ever NOT messy with toddlers, though? That's what I keep telling myself--that it's impossible to keep a spotless house with two toddlers and one big kid who's just as messy as the little ones. They made a MESS!!!!!! on Saturday. I went shopping with my sister to finish up John's gifts--which I still didn't do because I couldn't find one thing I went after--and the house was destroyed when I got home.

So much to do....

edit: The time on this entry is so wrong. It's actually more like 9:40am.

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11 December 2006 @ 02:23 pm

Poor Hanna is sick again. She's had fever for the past few days. Today is the first fever-free day, though she still has a cough and stuffy nose. We had her at the ER Thursday night as her fever went over 103. Her chest was clear, thank goodness, and ears, throat, etc. was fine, too. She's getting better, but I just hate seeing her sick. :-(

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The kids saw Santa last night at church. The pictures came out a little blurry for some reason. If you can't tell, Wesley is counting off on his fingers the things he's wanting, lol. And Hanna--just check her out. That's my mom in the pic with her. :O)

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o169/idriveacamaro/wesleysanta.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o169/idriveacamaro/hannasanta.jpg

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In other news.....

I am extremely pleased to say that I have officially FINISHED MY CHRISTMAS SHOPPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

John and I went to Savannah on Saturday and after spending ALL day there, managed to get all of our shopping done--except for what we'll get each other, but we'll do that later. John's taking the kids shopping Wednesday night to pick out some things for me and I'll pick his up when I grocery shop this week.

We got the kids the Magic Doorbell Playhouse--it was on sale at Toys R Us for $120--and we're totally excited about that. We've been wanting to get them on ever since summer. And we grabbed some other toys from there, too--wasn't on the list, but, oh well. :)

Gymboree had a nice sale--20% off everything already marked down--so we got some great deals there. Both kids got a full outfit (pants and shirt), Wesley got two additional longsleeve shirts and Hanna got a nightgown--all for $75.

Old Navy had a nice sale, too--plus, I had a coupon. We got Hanna two full outfits, Wesley an outfit with an extra shirt plus pajama bottoms and slippers for me for around $70.

So, I'm glad that's out of the way.

I'm still not entirely sure what I'm getting for John--I have some ideas, but nothing too definite.

Off to work--I have to put those 50+ clothes hangers we got at TRU to good use, lol.

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05 December 2006 @ 02:56 pm

Meme ~ Tagged by annaed770

Rules: Write a journal entry for this meme with six random facts about yourself. Then pick six people from your friends list and tag them – no tag-backs! These rules should be included in your entry.

1. I own an ebay store called Hattie*Belle Boutique and sell children's clothes.

2. I went to private Christian college.

3. I used to have moderately weird OCD, but it's gotten better over the last few years. For example, if I touched water with one hand, I had to touch the other hand, too. I had a strict sequential routine for putting on shoes. Things had to be symmetrical and I used to write things over and over and over and over and over until they looked right.

4. I always wanted to get married in Westminster Abbey, and then even more so when I found out I actually could. It's supposedly a rule that you can't be married there unless you were a descendent of someone married there. My great x 47375902 grandparents were married there.

5. My Granny's family owned one of the largest moonshine distilleries in the south back in the 30s. Shhhhhh. Don't tell anyone, though. :O)

6. I won the spelling bee in 5th grade. I used to be able to spell. And after re-reading this post, realized that is no longer true. Yikes!

And I tag everyone on my Friends list. I don't think there's more than 6, lol.

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04 December 2006 @ 06:16 pm

I so should not even be online, but I'm tired of cleaning.

We got new furniture over the weekend and moved everything around to accomodate for it. Transation: we moved our living room back into the sunroom and the kids playroom back to the original playroom. Then, we decided we didn't like the furniture. It was a hand-me-down couch with dual recliners, massage & heat (!), so we jumped at the chance to get it. When John and his brother brought it home, it was the most tackiest, 80s-ish multi-colored, pastel couch ever! I hated it, lol. It was in super condition (it belonged to my step-MIL's older sister), but I just couldn't deal with the colors. And it really wasn't that entirely comfortable to me, anyways. So now it's sitting outside waiting for my cousin to come get it. She's a newlywed and says she doesn't care what it looks like, they just need a couch. It's all hers!

On a happier note, it's finally gotten cold. Brrrr. It's supposed to get down to 28 overnight.

And speaking of annaed770's post about having to dig her Camaro out of snow, I found this picture of my Camaro when it snowed around 4-5 years ago here. I had to write my name in it, lol.

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27 November 2006 @ 03:03 pm

Recap:

I figured I should update since everyone else who has a job went back to the daily grind after the long holiday weekend. :o) We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Mama made the traditional turkey and dressing thing and Kim and I added a few of our own favorite dishes. It was nice for all of us to just sit down and eat together. As close as we all live to each other and it's still a rarity that we all sit and eat together.

Of course, Kim and I did the traditional Black Friday shopping thing last Friday. We were at Walmart(!) at 4:30am. She wanted to grab one of the "secret" deals they had, and she literally had to *grab* it. There were only 9 and she elbow-wrestled her way in to get one. It was fun! I got the kids a few things and something for Mama at Lowe's.

I've begun the task of getting my Christmas lists all planned out. I like having everything written down--what we've already gotten, what we want to get and for whom, what we just want to look at, etc. It's coming along quite nicely. I've gotten all the kids' stuff down already--allowing room for the stuff I know we'll eventually add to the end.

This weekend we did our annual pre-Christmas toy purge. We packed up LOADS of toys and they still have TONS to play with.

I did manage to get my tree up, too. I'd take a pic, but I've sorta, kinda misplaced the battery charger. Oops! :) I've also done a bit of decorating throughout the house. I've got the snowman stuff up in the kitchen, the nativity stuff on the mantle and the greenery outside. The kids will be creating some homemade ornaments and decorations over the next few weeks, so those'll go up, too.

And the new icon picture--if you go to my userpics page, you can view the comment for that one. It's last years attempt at a Christmas picture. Like wrestling dinosaurs indeed. :O)

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27 November 2006 @ 12:18 am

I just listened to Snowed In in it's entirety and realized two things:

1. I am now officially, positively, 100% in the Christmas spirit and it's not even December.

2. Even after all this time, Taylor's voice still gets to me.

*sigh*

Mood:

giddy

Music: Merry Christmas Baby

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08 November 2006 @ 02:38 pm

I've been sooooo busy the past week that I haven't had a chance to get online--other than check the news and do ebay business. And I don't feel as bad about being on ebay now that I've started to actually see some profit from what I'm doing. All the time I spend on there is not all for naught--as I'd originally thought.

This last group of things I sold did quite well and my current listings are fairly decent, too. I was saving the money I made for Black Friday shopping, but I couldn't help myself and spent it already, lol. BUT, I didn't blow it. It went to very practial use. :O) I bought Wesley three outfits from Gymboree and a pair of Gap pjs that he liked, and Hanna got a Hanna Andersson velour holiday dress with the matching snowflake tights. It was expensive, but worth it. I can't think of anything better to spend money on than my kids. And yes, I know that at this point, they don't care if they're wearing $25 Gap jeans or $18 Hanna tights, but I like for them to have nice things.

Speaking of nice things, DH got a raise! And it was very nice indeed. It'll make this next few months go by a LOT smoother. We're literally counting down the days until we write that last check to GMAC (in approximately 19 days) and Suntrust Bank (January). It will be soooo nice not to have to fork out $900 a month for vehicle payments. After those two bills are gone, all that'll be left are utilitly payments, insurance, and John's Snap On bill ( our emergency Capital One card and my Old Navy card will be paid off by then, too). Then, we can actually start building our savings. We do, at some, point want to look for a new house, but for right now we're good right where we are. This house is paid for.

I've started keeping my cousin's two kids (2.5 and 9mos) for about three hours every morning while his wife goes to the local community college. It's a little extra spending money and Wes and Hanna have someone else to play with, so it's nice. I kinda have to rearrange my schedules--I usally did all my shopping, post-office, etc during the morning--but it's no big deal.

We've been busy getting everything ready for Hanna's birthday party this weekend. She'll turn two on Friday, but we're having a little party on Saturday afternoon. Luckily, my house is already clean since I had to do a MAJOR babyproofing session due to the baby being here. So, that's for the most part done. I still have some laundry to do and put away and the kitchen will need tidying before Saturday, but nothing major.

We did her birthday shopping over the weekend at the mall, had a horrible experience at a restaurant. We (me, John and two tired, hungry toddlers) waited for almost 30 minutes after being seated for a waiter to come. I finally went back up to the greeter and asked when we would get waited on. The place was not that busy--I think the waiters just got their wires scrossed as to who was supposed to cover our table. But, we ended up getting the meal for free as the manager's apology that it took so long. Which was nice because the food ended up being a little on the crappy side.

I finished up the birthday shopping last night. My sister and I went to eat and then shopping while John stayed home with the kids. He even COOKED supper for them. I was so proud--and pleased. It was nice to have a little "girls night out" type of thing. We ate at Ruby Tuesday and we had the leftovers for lunch today. They were still sooooo good. I ate too much, lol. But it was worth it.

And for some strange reason, I have this strong compulsion to buy Wesley a sweater vest. *shrugs*

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27 October 2006 @ 12:37 pm

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That felt better *lol*

I am SO irritated right now. I've got 564568913 things left to do before tomrrow's party and life is throwing it's big ole monkey wrench right in my way.

My washing machine has decided that approximately 1 piece of clothing out of each load will come out either a) dirtier than when it went in or b) with holes! in it. I'm so freaking frustrated with that thing right now. I know the reason some of the clothing came out dirty--we have city water and every once in a while, it'll get temporarily discolored. Well, today, it decided to turn yellowish-brown while I was washing clothes. Now, I'm stuck waiting for the water to clear so I can finish laundry. And as for the holes? I have no clue. I just know that one of Wesley's brand new (Old Navy) shirts came out with two holes in the chest area and a pair of PJ bottoms now has a hole in the leg.

And, if that's not good enough: I'm sick. Well, not entirely *sick*, but I've got enough of a runny nose to keep me aggravated with tissues and I've sneezed so much my chest hurts. Add Aunt Flo to that mix and you've got irritated me!

I only took a break to eat and vent. Have a good weekend, ya'll. :O)

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19 October 2006 @ 10:47 pm

Wow...

HowManyOfMe.com

There is:
1
person with my name
in the U.S.A.

How many have your name?

And I'm guessing that would be me?

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17 October 2006 @ 05:04 pm

A few updates from the previous post:

1. The boy from down the street is fine. He had several broken bones, but nothing life-threatening.
2. Hanna is sick again! :-( More diarrhea and "my tumma hurts" with pouty lip for added effect.
3. I *finally* got my order from Old Navy finalized. They actually had things in her size. *gasp*

and the kicker of them all...... *drumroll*

I FINALLY GOT MY HOUSE CLEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You may be experiencing the freezing over of hell quite shortly. ;-)

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We've gotten a bit of a head start on our Christmas shopping--well, we've made a minor dent. :). A couple of weeks ago, John and I went to Walmart and did a small layaway ~ the kids had seen a few things they liked, so we did about $250 of stuff from there. We'll do our major shopping the first weekend in December after John gets his Christmas bonus. But we've gotten a small start.

And there's more, but it'll have to wait...

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09 October 2006 @ 04:44 pm

A series of unfortunate events...

..the least of which is that everything I want to buy Hanna from Old Navy is sold out online in her size. :-/

An 18 month old child down the street was hit by a car yesterday afternoon--a car driven by his father--and in their backyard. =( It's horrific. As far as we know, the child is still alive. He was airlifted to Savannah with multiple fractures (arm, shoulder, jaw) and internal injuries. I just hope and pray he's okay. We don't know the family--they've recently moved in and we've only seen them as we pass by their house on our evening walks. It's just all around sad. =(

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But, on a brighter note, Hanna is feeling better. She was sick a few days last week with diarrhea and vomiting. I took her to her ped and found that she also had double ear infections and a sinus infection. Since an oral antibiotic would only exacerbate the stomach issues, we chose to do three days of antibiotic injections. So, we had to go to the ped on Friday and then the hospital on Saturday to get shots. She did fine with them, though and is doing much better now. She's back to eating like a horse again, lol.

And seriously, I think Old Navy has something against me, lol. For every outfit I try to make, some part of it is sold out online. And I'm not going to the store before her birthday, so I wanted to grab her a few things online. No such luck. And Gap is the same way: the one shirt I wanted is gone. At Gymboree, I can't find any pants that I like for her. Blah for them.

Yay for me, though, I finally found her some great boots and I managed to get Wesley a Christmas shirt this morning also.

And the birthday outfit: (It needs the boots, but this is mostly it--one hairbow is tying up the shirt cause it's HUGE on her {oh, and oops, the skirt is missing it's belt-wonder where that got off to})

I need to be cleaning, though. We did a MAJOR clean-up this weekend in the house and next weekend will be the yard. We're having a Halloween party for the kids on the 28th and I want everything to be completed by then. And I've got tons of stuff to do for that.

And the thing is: I actually FEEL like doing it. :O)

OH, and if anyone who reads this (cue: echo) shops at Old Navy, Gap, or Banana Republic, I have some coupons worth $45 listed on ebay: HERE

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27 September 2006 @ 11:37 pm

It's 11:37pm, my kids are in bed, my husband's in Atlanta and I'm wide awake. So, thanks to

lastandleast, this is keeping me occupied:

1. In two words, explain what ended your last relationship? My husband. :O) After I met John, there was no question in my mind where I was meant to be. I knew I belonged with him.

2. When was the last time you shaved your legs? Let's see--John's been gone since Sunday, so....Saturday? I can't remember. Taking a shower with two toddlers around is a feat; I'm lucky if I can get all the important stuff washed, much less conditioned, moisturized or shaven.

3. What were you doing this morning at 8am? Changing channels from Buffy on FX to Power Rangers on Disney.

4. What were you doing 15 minutes ago? Finishing a bowl of Total.

5. Are you any good at math? Randomly. Like sometimes I'll add 8 and 6 on my fingers, but I can do long division in my head. I was overly exposed to math in high school, (our class was the guinea pigs for the whole "let's offer AP Calc in eleventh grade") so I'm still suffering from the post-traumatic stress.

6. Your prom night? Refused to go. Unfortunately, it is tradition here in Montgomery County for there to be two proms: a "white" prom and a "black" prom. (There was even an article in Spin magazine about it.) I refused to support the segregation. And I'm sure all I missed was a bunch of redneck-y boozing. I had better things to do.

7. Do you have any famous ancestors? Elias Howe. The guy who invented the sewing machine. And my great-grandfather. No, he would be infamous. At least around here.

8. Have you ever taken out a loan to pay for school? No, thankfully I had scholarships that covered my entirely grossly overpriced private school college education.

9. Do you know the words to the song on your myspace profile? Dont' have one.

10. Last thing received in the mail? Congratulations, you're preapproved for this Visa that you definately do not need! Ugh, I hate those things.

11. How many different beverages have you drank today? Tea, tea and tea. I'm a tea girl. :O)

12. Do you ever leave messages on people's answering machines? Yeah.

13. Who did you lose your CONCERT virginity to? Madonna.

14. Do you draw your name in the sand when you go to the beach? Yes, when I'm not trying to keep one or more of my children from diving into the Atlantic.

15. What's the most painful dental procedure you've had? Fortunately, I've had good dental luck. Most painful thing thus far has been drilling.

16. What is out your back door? I have two. Well, one is technically the side door. But, out the actual back door is mountains of toys, the swing set and Dodge.

17. Any plans for Friday night? John's coming home, so you do the math. :x

18. Do you like the ocean? Love it. Just dont' get there often enough.

19. Have you ever received one of those big tins of 3 different kinds of popcorn for Christmas? No, and I'm getting bored with this. And also there's a CSI rerun on in approximately 1 minute.

20. Have you ever been to a planetarium? Not yet.

22. Something you are excited about? See # 17.

23. What is your favorite flavor of JELLO JELLY? Raspberry.

24. Are any of your great-grandparents still alive? No, none of my *grandparents* are still alive. They all died incredibly young. :-(

25. Describe your keychain: I have a Camaro keychain that I got when I first bought my car and a colorful beaded one Wesley made at Bible School.

26. Where do you keep your change? In a big Harley Davidson collectible beer stein that John and I bought at the fall festival a few years ago.

27. When was the last time you spoke in front of a large group of people? High school graduation. I was the salutatorian.

28. What kind of winter coat do you have? Well, we don't exactly have winter here--it's more like a cold fall. So, I have a dressy-ish black coat, an Old Navy pullover and a windbreaker-type with my old college's logo on it.

29. What was the weather like on your graduation? We barely made it through my HS graduation before a thunderstorm set it in and my college graduation was just a regular, warm sunny day.

30. Do you sleep with the door to your room open or closed? Open.

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