Good-Bye 2009

Today is the last day of the year ('09) I can count how many times I have gone out on New Years Eve and it ain't pretty. I can count how many times I have gone out this year and it ain't pretty. Must change that for the new year.

I do have some resolutions:

1 Lose the weight. J and N are too old for me to be using them as an excuse, not that I do but still.

2 De clutter the house. Easier said then done. I am willing to give it a good try though.

3 Get out of the house more with and without children.

4 Spend more time with the man of the house without children and out of the house.

5 Be a better parent. Seriously even if you are you can always try harder.

See you next year!

Sickies

I guess this wasn't the season for us to be healthy and well.

Since September when the kids got sick they have been having off and on coughs and colds. Ugh. So yet again they are sick and while I am glad that it is not major it really stinks. The last 2 nights J has had a fever. Thankfully his runny nose is just about gone but his cough is alive and kicking. I put the humdi in his room and that seems to be helping?? Now Miss N had a fever last night and this morning when she woke up. She has been coughing and has a runny nose. I am tempted to put the humdi in her room after she is sleeping seeing as she does not want it in her room. The girl is seriously stubborn and when her mind is made up there is no changing it.

Now I could take them to the Dr. only to have them tell me that it is just a cold and to watch their breathing and put a humdi in their rooms. Then if they feel the need one or both of the kids will get a breathing treatment. Yeah not fun when your 2.5 yr old tells the Dr. right away "No Smoke" "No Smoke" and your 4.5 yr old is saying "We don't need shots". Good thing it's once adult for every child. lol! It cost a bunch the last time we took them to the Dr. Well actually Miss N cost us more than Mr. J because she had a breathing treatment.

Lets hope that they don't give me back my just getting better cough that I probably gave to them in the first place. Even though I thought I was careful and had a no kiss on the lips rule. Miss N did not like that one bit. lol!

 

What the Snow!

I could of swore someone told me that it was going to be a mild winter. They must not be from the cold, rainy, snowy and sunless state of Illinois. We have used the snowblower like three times in the last week. Now I know it could be worse like 24" worse. Hey when you haven't seen the sun in like over a week and it has rained pretty much from the 23rd and then changed to snow on the 25th and has been snowing since you get down in the dumps. Heck I am starting to wonder if Spring is ever going to get here. It finally stopped snowing for now and the sun even peaked it's head out for a bit. Not long enough that I can see our driveway but never the less it came out. Now I just have to deal with cold tems and blowing winds. That will make driving on the back roads fun. Well it doesn't really matter since both kids have colds and coughs, we shouldn't be out and about anyways. Must be better for preschool otherwise J will flip. He has been asking to go to school for the last couple of days.

Back on the subject of the snowblower, I asked Mr. G if he has been kicking himself in the butt for not buying one sooner. His answer "Yes". Yep I kinda figured since it has only been taking him like 30-45 mins to do the driveway, put salt down and shovel little sidewalk. The best part is I don't have to hear him complain about his back. Yippie!!!!

Only a little over two months left of snow months and then Spring should be knocking on the door. I am counting down the days till there is sun shine, blue skies, the first sight of a robin and a little bit of green grass.

Cold

I know that Winter doesn't start till the 21st but dang it is cold and the snow is on the ground. It even prompted us to buy our 2nd snowblower. Yes I said 2nd, but not like a his and hers deal more like the last one we bought we returned right away. Ok more like my husband returned right away. You see it didn't fit in the truck and instead of asking to borrow a larger truck or even taking the thing out of the box, it went right back into the store. Luckly they didn't charge us a restocking fee. So pretty much I have been not letting him live it down and the snow finally broke him down.

On the topic of snow we have had our first snowfall and was quite surprised at how much we didn't get. It was going to be the 1st snow fall of the season and it was going to be big, I am talking like 7" - 13" big. Yeah for us though it turned out to be more like 4" if that at the most. I can say it was wet and heavy and not ideal for shoveling but great for making a snowman. We didn't make a snowman that day because I had one child Miss N inside all alone and if you are a mom (or a dad) you know that a 2 yr old can and will get into anything. We didn't label Miss N "Trouble" for nothing. lol So this snow is what prompted my loving husband to buy our 2nd snowblower. I am loving that we bought one and I am looking forward to using it on days that he is not home. This will make it easier to have more time to actually play in the snow with the kids. I might just buy a pair of snow pants for myself. =]

Now that Winter is here she better not take her sweet time to leave. I am already counting down the days till Spring is here.

Some days I want to just yell at the top of my lungs to everyone to “Be quiet”, “Stop the drama”, “Stop being rude” and “Be fair”.  Now these aren’t for everyone but quite a few people need to hear most of these phrases. Ok the “Be quiet” one is just because I have a horrible migraine and I just want some quiet in my house. =] But really I am so tired of hearing about rude e-mails, being rude to someones face, causing drama, instigating the drama, and making things so it fits your schedule. Seriously who does that crap??

I am so annoyed with people it makes me want to stay in my nice warm house (it’s quite cold 24*) away from people. I can only guess what will happen when I do venture out and see these people that need to hear my yelling. Ugh I am dreading it. I try and do something right (in my eyes it’s right) and it only takes one person to make everything come crashing down.

So to that one person, Thank you for knocking down something that people think is a good thing and are glad that it was created.  You are now banned. =]