Hello ladies....how are you all doing?

nothing new on this end.....all three kiddos are taking naps. Marissa hasn't thrown up since last night so I am taking it as a good sign! Brandon got home from school with two folders full of information! He has his regular classroom folder, and then he also has a speech folder. There was information in his regular folder about spring pictures next week, and about the dentist office that comes on wheels to visit. He is good about getting on the school bus in the morning.....it is getting him off the school bus that tends to be an issue. Today it wasn't an issue because he wanted to jump to me off the bus.....but if he walks off the bus then he was to walk through the snow and then proceed to grab the shovel and have mommy chase him around! The other thing that he loves to do.....is when he gets home from school, he loves pulling every thing out of his back pack and handing it to me!

Katy~ I am hoping that it was just too much food, and not a virus or anything.

Jules~ I didn't think that Ry was moving out there that quickly....I thought it was more towards the end of the month. I know what you mean about the sibling nit-picking! I have Brandon and Logan who nit-pick back and forth all the time if they have been around each other all day.....but then on the days that Brandon has school, they don't do it as much.

Cristina~ Thanks for the nice comments. It is finally nice to have a little one that I can dress up! We have to look at getting them all Easter outfits.....although the boys already have an outfit, but I tend to venture more towards the same colors for the kids. I always get picked on for putting Brandon and Logan in matching outfits. I just figure that it is easier to put them in the same outfit if we go somewhere that way if we have to look for them, we can just say "he is wearing that outfit but a little bigger/smaller then that one." My sister Katy loves picking on me for doing it! So, now I venture more towards dressing them in at least the same color, as oppose to the same exact outfit.

SusieQ~ Thanks for the nice comments. I have been trying to stay away from the pop....which I have done well with today. I was going to have one with lunch, but pulled out a powerade instead. We actually got Brandon's speech folder sent home today, and it has his stuff that they are working on in it. The speech therapist is doing this little drawing every two weeks, and if they work for 10 minutes on the activities that they are working on during speech, then either me or Tommy has to sign the paper. I noticed when we walked into the room for his IEP, there was a sign on the wall in the speech therapists room that said "don't forget to do your speech homework every night." So, that was actually reassuring that he is going to get homework to do to help him with his talking.

I gotta run.....the boys are watching a dvd on Daytona Bike Week.......and I am hearing "dada" coming from the bedroom! I will check back in later after Marissa's recheck. The boys have their recheck appointment at the end of the month. Why they are not getting checked today at the same time is beyond me.....but that is the way that the doctor that was in wanted it done.

Morning Girls.

I felt like total crapola so I didn't go into work lastnight (Monday night). I have been basically sleeping or at least laying down, I haven't slept much at all. I got up and took a shower and DH is making dinner. I probably will crash in a few hours or so. Hopefully get a good sleep and then be ready for work tonight. (Tuesday night). I hated calling off but I felt like I was beat. I told DH I felt like a dirty dish rag that has been stomped on.

Well won't keep you. It got up to 40 yesterday (heatwave) and supposed to be in the mid-40's or 50's at least during the week.

Have a Great Day!!!

Sassy~ I hope you feel better soon!

Good Morning Ladies

Mindee - How is Marissa today? Hope she is able to keep her foods down. Always scary when your children don't feel good. Gaby is still complaining about her tummy ache, what is freaking me is I don't have medical coverage for her at the moment. Gab also has a speech folder, I asked if it was at school because I haven't seen it for a week or so....I don't know where it went. Ugh.

Sassy - A tropical heatwave @ 40 degree's! Hope you are feeling better!!

Cristina - How is the foot?? I still have things in boxes from last summer - mostly paper crap, I need to weed things out and I have tons of pictures that need to go in albums.

Hi to Katy, Sue, Jules, Francie and Michelle!

I need to go up my weight. I have been creeping back up - ugh. I seem to have the night time munchies lately. I ate 4 english muffins last night w/ a slice of cheese. I wasn't even hungry, just bored.

Spoke w/ Gaby's father last night and kind of ended the conversation by hanging up. lol .....he annoys me. He had called Gab's teacher saying he *might* not make it Friday. Which is fine w/ me but he wanted to know what was going to be covered and she mentioned summer school for Gab. Of course I don't know anything about this and that pissed me off.....

So, this morning I spoke w/ the teacher and she understood my frustration and said Mike shouldn't have said anything until she had a chance to talk w/ me.
I don't know about that...she was emailing me twice yesterday and never mentioned summer school. I just want to know things from her, not him.

Anyway - so the Ex doesn't know if he can make it or not...he still isn't sure. He just calls and gets everyone all confused, even was asking if I thought we could postpone it. *sigh...whatever...I will be there, we are not postponing anything.......besides he weasled all the information out of the teacher...lol.....ugh, I can't stand him.

He also ( ya, I am on a roll .....hehe) was saying " I know it is hard taking care of a sick child (really?? when have you ever done that??) but I hope you are still able to enjoy Gaby".....huh??......((no , I can't enjoy a sick child....I just have the urge to knock her against the walls and lock her in a closet)).....I don't know what he means by that...weird things come out of his mouth....

anyway - I feel fat today....and another pet peeve is people who join weight boards but never have the nerve to say how much they weigh or how much they want to lose. Ok, that motivates me......*yawn*,,,and I don't mean anyone from BIK. lmao,.....

k- think I am pmsing - toodles!!

Hiya Chickies...

Hugs to you Ms Susan! You're just a ray of sunshine to day aren't you? Lol...just having some fun with ya...did I make you smile? Come on, you can do it... I totally understand though...it would piss me off to if the teacher was discussing things with the ex and not me. And try not to get stressed over Gaby not moving on to First grade...I know that's easier said than done. My niece went thru kindergarten twice...for some reason she was just too tired and couldn't stay awake during class, lol. Of course I don't think SIL cared much. The foot is okay today...the pain or rather ache, whatever it is, is still there but not as bad. I'm wondering if it is the arthritis crap because from my shoulder down to my foot is feeling sore...but to the bone. I worked out this morning and am feeling okay so...but if it should get worse I will head to the doc. Have a fune time with McDreamy and friends. I've been in one of those snacking moods...so glad there's nothing to snack on! But I was a piggy with dinner.

Mindee...funny about Brandon. The kids are so cute at that age! I forgot to mention yesterday... on the weight! Thought I had said something and MsSuzyQ reminded me and I saw that I didn't...don't know where my head is...oh I know, on the wedding, lol.

Sassy...hoping you feel better today. Such a sweetie of a hubby you have, cooking dinner for you.

Hello to Sue, Katy, Jules, Francie & Kathy!

I was up bright and early this morning...only it was still dark, lol. I don't like this time change...to early in the year for it. Did most of my exercise this morning...thought I would change it up and do the Denise Austin dvd...man, the strength part is a killer but I got in 65 minutes before heading out to run errands. Went to Hobby Lobby and found a nice wedding frame for J & C, found the fuschia tissue paper and black ribbon, hoping it's enough. Got the order of candles in today...they were sitting on the porch when I got home, glad it wasn't hot! Found some hersey hugs that are silver and sort of fuchsia/hot pink...going to try and somehow write or print "Hugs & kisses from the Mr. & Mrs." on the little heart label on the bags...then order the kisses from hersey that say Thank You rather than just married. Anyway...going to help Charlotte more with things...do her invitations for her and then do some ribbons for the pew. Her mother is a mess and can't help...her husband asked for a divorce about 3 or 4 weeks ago and she is a mess so...anyway...enough wedding talk...probably boring everyone with it. Gotta go and finish my exercise...weights, rope and bike and then I am done with it for the day. Have more laundry to do, what a surprise, lol.

Take care ladies!

just popping in here quickly. I am trying to get to bed earlier then I have been, but I just peeked at the clock and it isn't working so well! I need to work on that now!

SusieQ~ Marissa is doing great! She somehow convinced Brandon to share his pickle with her. (I put pictures on myspace of it) She tried to hide it from me so I wouldn't notice it.....that didn't last that long! Brandon's speech folder gets sent home every night in his back pack. He has speech on Tuesday and Thursday. Speaking of weeding things out.....I tackled part of our closet in our room on Tuesday while Brandon was in school. I guess I am more motivated to do Spring cleaning now that he is in school! Well, I was until Logan decided to waste an entire box of Ritz crackers! He had those, the cat food, the cat's water and I think there was something else all over my kitchen floor! I was not a happy mommy! Man, you were on a roll! LOL

Cristina~ How is the foot? And how is the wedding planning as well? Thanks for the nice words about my weight! I have been making it a habit to get in my exercise after I put Brandon on the bus, since Monday. When I stepped on the scale on monday, it said I was 238.2 (which I figured it would be up since I had eaten breakfast and then exercised...then stepped on the scale). I did the same thing on Tuesday morning, and stepped on the scale after getting out of the shower and it said 237.2. So, from my calculations, if I do that every day then I could lose at least 7 pounds in one week (a pound a day). I don't think I will be weighing in every day....just wanted to see what it would say.

Good Morning, Merry Sunshine is Back!

Cristina and Mindee- hmmm, didn't scare you guys away?? ha.

That is sweet that you are helping w/ the wedding Cristina. I am sure it means a lot to Char. My first husband's mother made us the wedding cake and carted it all the way from eastern Oregon to Portland. I don't know when she baked it but by the time the guest were eating it , it was as hard as a rock.
lol........amazing how I remember the negative things. When we divorced 2 years later she wrote in a letter to my soon to be ex "she has such a pretty face to be burning in ****".....lol - hee haw.....

*cough....ok, lets chat weight! I am still fat and I will probably be fat tomorrow too.

lol

Mindee- Glad Marissa is feeling better. I will for sure go look at the myspace photo's! Gab is still not eating much and has lost 6 pounds in a week. I am sooo worried about her.

So, Rach had a melt down this morning and threw my father's framed obit on the floor and broke the glass. Why Miss PMS.....I could just cry over that.
Also, thinking of giving up my car , it is way too expensive to drive.....$182 car payment, $160 insurance, plus at least $150 in gas a month for a grand total......$492 a month for transportation. Yikes......and $700 in rent no wonder I am always broke. Think I can just take the bus?? *wah.

k- hope you are all cheered up - lol - I am way depressed and in need of a bagel.

Toodles. lol

hello ladies...how are you all doing?

nothing new on this end. Brandon and Marissa are sleeping....but I am listening to my puppy, err I mean Logan, barking in his bed room. I did a lot of stuff today.....and all BEFORE Brandon got home from school! Now, I have no idea what in the world I am going to do tomorrow while he is in school!

His teacher sent a note home in response to one that I sent in to her on Monday, I believe it was. Brandon is doing great in school......BUT they are working on getting his thumb out of his mouth! Then she asked me if he sits or stands when using the bathroom. And I got him signed up for the mobile dentist that will be there in May. Then on April 4th, he will be getting his hearing and vision tested!

SusieQ~ My goodness! Oh.....you can't scare me away! I have a two year old that already tries to do that! Have you tried getting her to drink some pedialyte or gatorade? That will help her get the electrolytes in her....at least the pedialyte will. Ha! I just read the side of the powerade that I am drinking, and it basically does the same thing as pedialyte! I hope she starts to feel better soon!

Awww, SUZYQ...you could never scare me away! Love ya too much What a nice woman she was to say something like that, geez. And you are NOT fat missy! Sorry Rach had a melt down and broke the frame. I hear ya about the car...isn't it terrible when you pay more for the upkeep of a car than for the car itself? I would use public transportation if I lived somewhere that had it. Used to when I lived in Long Beach, CA and actually didn't mind it...that or I walked.

MINDEE...one of my brother's GF's...years ago had a son who always sucked his thumb and my brother was mean, or I thought it was but it worked and she let him do it so...he would stick the boys thumb in pepper juice or some hot sauce, all it took was a couple of times and he broke that habit. I never had that problem with the kids so don't have any advice on what to do. Funny though all the little things the kids do that we don't really think about, or me anyway, until the go to school and the teachers bring it to our attention. I just figure kids are kids and they will out grow whatever it is. I'm sure you will find something to keep you busy while Brandon is in school. There's always laundry to do, lol.

And speaking of which...I have two loads to do, ugh! Did my exercise for the day, had some errands to run and nothing much else going on.

Have a good day ladies, or at least try to. Lots of hugs

Back again -

I have done my laundry Cristina - neener, neener. haha ......there was an article in the paper today about a man that walks everywhere or takes the bus. He is fit and enjoys the slow pace, I guess. It would give me the $$ for clothes and other stuff.....I asked Gab though and she *too slow* about taking buses.

Thanks about the gatorade tip Mindee! I will go get her some now, she did eat jello.

better go back to my hole.....lol ta ta

just popping in ladies......

Cristina~ I can't actually do any laundry until Tommy is home. We have to use the laundry room either here at the complex or at the laundry mat. We knew that he sucked his thumb, but it was a surprise to find out that he was doing it in school. As far as the hot sauce, he is like his daddy and has an iron gut....so we can't use that.

SusieQ~ Good luck with the gatorade. How is the Gabster doing now?

Good Thursday Morning Girls!!!

I am soooooooo glad that it is finally Thursday AM. Only 7 hrs to go and I'm off again.

I've been busier than a one-arm paper hanger at work, lemme tell ya. Just now (knocking on wood) it has finally calmed down a bit.......

Anywho, weather is great, lets hope it stays that way!!! When I left for work yesterday evening, it was sunny and 60 degrees!!! Supposed to stay in the 50's all weekend, rain, but I can deal w/ rain. Kinda weird to see the piles of snow where they had plowed from our "Blizzard" last week and it was Sunny and 60 today. lol.

Well I will post more when I am off, probably on Friday night, when DH goes back to work.

Big Spring to all.

Sassy~ It is good to hear from you! I hear ya on the nicer weather! It was a little chilly on Wednesday, but it is suppose to be getting warmer with each passing day!

Good Morning -

I feel so pms, my back is killing me and I have the munchies. Last night I ate a bowl of oatmeal, thinking I would stop there but I had bought some frito's so had a few handfuls and a glass of ice water.

Watched American Idol w/ Rach who had calmed down and didn't understand why I was upset w/ her. Little Turd.

There is a weird person hanging around the high school and he called last night and pranked Rach. He is a child molester and is obsessed w/ one of her friends. How he got my number I don't know. So, that freaked her out.

I guess he went up to Beck at the bus stop and was asking directions the other day. Her friend said "come on Beck" and the next time he saw her he said "hi Beck my name is *blah,blah*, I am a child molester.
Ok, that freaked me out so we called the school this morning and the dean said they had several complaints about him already.
Isn't the school suppose to send out a letter informing parents to be on the look out?? If he is a child molester he shouldn't be around children.

So, that is how my world churns.

Took Gab to get her hair cut and bought her a new outfit along w/ some under clothes. She insisted she didn't need underwear....lol, I bought them anyway.

Just had a slim fast this morning .......

Hi to Sassy , Mindee and Cristina!! and all the MIA's .....Katy, Jules,and Sue, Francie and Michelle.

hello ladies....how are you all doing?

nothing new on this end....same stuff just a different day!

SusieQ~ I would have been so mad! Actually, mad would have been an understatement. I would have been so p*ssed off! There is a website out there that you can check to see if there are any child molesters in your area. familywatchdog.us If he is indeed a child molester, then he should be on there!