Is it wrong that sometimes I turn a movie on for the kids so that I can have some me-time to play on the computer or read, etc?
Is it wrong that this happens nearly every day?
Is it wrong that I do this so that I can take a nap occasionally after a rough night shift?
Sometimes I let the girls eat snacks in the living room because I don't feel like listening to the whining. I know, inconsistency.
I'm secretly excited that Kayla is going to kindergarten this fall and Jordan is going to preschool. Maybe not so secret because it is exciting, but it's also exciting that I might get to go to the store by myself! Or eat breakfast while reading the paper and nobody will bother me! And I can take an extra long shower if I want because nobody will be there to destroy the house and get into the snack cabinet. This list could go on for awhile.
29 June 2010
06 April 2010
New computer!
Yay for new computers! Boo for my old one that the hard drive crashed on. Perhaps now I can blog a little more often. My new computer is so nice and I love this HD monitor!
Here are some things I have learned in the last couple of months since I've been on here:
If you give up all forms of fried food for lent (46 days total) trying to eat Geovanti's chicken strips and fries at 12:02 AM on Easter Sunday is a bad idea. Tasty - but the nausea that will accompany is horrible.
Sending a hard drive to a data recovery service to have them recover ONLY your pictures in JPEG format after a hard drive crash costs $950.
I was wrong in my last post about there being no more pregnant women - there are always more. In fact, it seems half the people I know personally are pregnant, which means there are a lot more that I don't know. Scary for times coming up at work!
After 3 weeks solid of coughing, Kayla has been diagnosed with seasonal allergies. Zyrtec and Benadryl every day now. Yuck!
Millkin University is not great at posting their course schedules in a timely manner.
My husband when he wants to, can lose weight in a really rapid manner. 50 lbs. in 2 months is amazing!! All from a diet change only. I wonder what he'd do if he started working out?
Stale Peeps are tastier than fresh Peeps. Although they are all good!
I'm missing my son like crazy.
Here are some things I have learned in the last couple of months since I've been on here:
If you give up all forms of fried food for lent (46 days total) trying to eat Geovanti's chicken strips and fries at 12:02 AM on Easter Sunday is a bad idea. Tasty - but the nausea that will accompany is horrible.
Sending a hard drive to a data recovery service to have them recover ONLY your pictures in JPEG format after a hard drive crash costs $950.
I was wrong in my last post about there being no more pregnant women - there are always more. In fact, it seems half the people I know personally are pregnant, which means there are a lot more that I don't know. Scary for times coming up at work!
After 3 weeks solid of coughing, Kayla has been diagnosed with seasonal allergies. Zyrtec and Benadryl every day now. Yuck!
Millkin University is not great at posting their course schedules in a timely manner.
My husband when he wants to, can lose weight in a really rapid manner. 50 lbs. in 2 months is amazing!! All from a diet change only. I wonder what he'd do if he started working out?
Stale Peeps are tastier than fresh Peeps. Although they are all good!
I'm missing my son like crazy.
29 December 2009
So tired
I am pretty sure that there cannot possibly be any more pregncnt women left in the Champaign-Urbana and surrounding areas. I think they have all delivered their babies in the last couple of months. Things have got to slow down some eventually!!
I pretty much had no Christmas. I woprked the 23rd and 24th and got home around 8 AM on the 25th. I was completely wiped out and slept part of the day. Then after getting up early on the 26th, I was back to work that night and the next.
I think next year I might try and take vacation that week. I will still have to work either the 24th or 25th for my mandatory holiday, but if I had the rest of the week off that would be good.
By the way, I hate that I have to work every holiday. Everyone does, but the only way around it would be if the supervisors started working holidays and I guarantee you they aren't about to do that!! But nobody on nights can ever go see family or anything on a holiday because you have to work either the night before or the night of, every holiday. For minor holidays like Labor Day and Memorial Day you can usually get someone to work for you because not many people care about working those nights. But try to get rid of Christmas or New Year's or Thanksgiving. It's tough.
I pretty much had no Christmas. I woprked the 23rd and 24th and got home around 8 AM on the 25th. I was completely wiped out and slept part of the day. Then after getting up early on the 26th, I was back to work that night and the next.
I think next year I might try and take vacation that week. I will still have to work either the 24th or 25th for my mandatory holiday, but if I had the rest of the week off that would be good.
By the way, I hate that I have to work every holiday. Everyone does, but the only way around it would be if the supervisors started working holidays and I guarantee you they aren't about to do that!! But nobody on nights can ever go see family or anything on a holiday because you have to work either the night before or the night of, every holiday. For minor holidays like Labor Day and Memorial Day you can usually get someone to work for you because not many people care about working those nights. But try to get rid of Christmas or New Year's or Thanksgiving. It's tough.
21 December 2009
Random questions
If a turtle loses his shell, is he naked or homeless?
How do dead bugs get into enclosed light fixtures?
Why are wekdays so long, but weekends so short?
Are children who act in "R" rated movies allowed to see them?
Yeah, it's 5 AM and I am up because I have a child who said she needed medicine because her voice is different.
How do dead bugs get into enclosed light fixtures?
Why are wekdays so long, but weekends so short?
Are children who act in "R" rated movies allowed to see them?
Yeah, it's 5 AM and I am up because I have a child who said she needed medicine because her voice is different.
27 October 2009
The Grand Canyon
So it's been awhile since I've blogged. We had H1N1 in our house along with pink eye, strep throat, stomach flu, and colds, all in the last month or so. Nobody has felt like doing anything.
I'm trying to wean Jordan off the pacifier. It's not going so well. I'm open to any and all suggestions please!
Sean had a birthday a few weeks ago. We went and saw "The Invention of Lying." It was hilarious. Go see it.
And I've been thinking about where our family should go on vacation to next year. We had some good vacations when I was a kid. Disney World, Daytona Beach, St. Louis for a week. We had great times. Except for the Grand Canyon. Don't take your kids there. It's really boring and there is nothing to do. Nothing. You just look at the Grand Canyon, which I will admit is beautiful. However after you've seen it for a few minutes, you're done. Granted the first time I went I was 14 and everything is lame at 14. But I went back at 18 with my dad, my brother, and my boyfriend, and it was still boring. The best part of the trip was my dad and my brother arguing over the Double Whopper from Burger King on the way home. Which actually was really funny, but that's another story.
So really I'm thinking it's not a great vacation spot with kids. Our kids like the beach. We'll probably end up somewhere like that again. And to be honest, I can't think of any better vacation than a beach.
I'm trying to wean Jordan off the pacifier. It's not going so well. I'm open to any and all suggestions please!
Sean had a birthday a few weeks ago. We went and saw "The Invention of Lying." It was hilarious. Go see it.
And I've been thinking about where our family should go on vacation to next year. We had some good vacations when I was a kid. Disney World, Daytona Beach, St. Louis for a week. We had great times. Except for the Grand Canyon. Don't take your kids there. It's really boring and there is nothing to do. Nothing. You just look at the Grand Canyon, which I will admit is beautiful. However after you've seen it for a few minutes, you're done. Granted the first time I went I was 14 and everything is lame at 14. But I went back at 18 with my dad, my brother, and my boyfriend, and it was still boring. The best part of the trip was my dad and my brother arguing over the Double Whopper from Burger King on the way home. Which actually was really funny, but that's another story.
So really I'm thinking it's not a great vacation spot with kids. Our kids like the beach. We'll probably end up somewhere like that again. And to be honest, I can't think of any better vacation than a beach.
14 September 2009
An open letter to my daughters
Dear Kayla and Jordan,
Sweethearts, I understand it's really fun to play with telephones. I, too, enjoy pretending to talk to you on the phone. It's a fun activity! However, would it be too much to ask that you stick with the multiple toy telephones we have in the house and not the real phones? Please stop calling 911 and having the police come to our house. I think the first couple of times they were ok with it, but really now I think it's not so funny anymore. Eventually Mommy and Daddy are going to get into trouble. And just how do your little fingers manage to dial the "9-1-1" as soon as you turn the phone on anyway? I'm amazed by that. Please stop playing with the phones and I'll buy you some M&M's.
Love, Mommy
Sweethearts, I understand it's really fun to play with telephones. I, too, enjoy pretending to talk to you on the phone. It's a fun activity! However, would it be too much to ask that you stick with the multiple toy telephones we have in the house and not the real phones? Please stop calling 911 and having the police come to our house. I think the first couple of times they were ok with it, but really now I think it's not so funny anymore. Eventually Mommy and Daddy are going to get into trouble. And just how do your little fingers manage to dial the "9-1-1" as soon as you turn the phone on anyway? I'm amazed by that. Please stop playing with the phones and I'll buy you some M&M's.
Love, Mommy
01 September 2009
A shocking discovery
The Savoy Wal-mart got new carts, and is remodeling the store to look all fancy and upscale. Well, whatever, it's still Wal-mart, but I appreciate the effort so maybe I don't feel so cheap when I shop there. Anyhoo, so they got rid of all of the old carts and got new ones. I'd say yay to that because the old ones were all worn out and you couldn't hardly find one with a seat that wasn't cracked or with an intact seatbelt for your child to sit in. But the new carts, I don't know what's up with them. Every time I touch them, they shock me. And I can't even like ground myself out by touching something else metal before I touch one, it doesn't work. Yesterday I was walking around the store and I never let go of the handle and it was continually shocking me every few minutes, like it was electrical or something. It kind of hurt my hands after awhile. I'm not a big fan of the new carts.
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