A Day in a Moms Life

WInter Blues and My hopes for them to POOF

2007-02-21T22:22:00.000-06:00

We homeschool... not sure if I have shared that. I love it, I adore my children, I adore my blessing to be home with them, I even adore that they are with me pretty much 24/7. With that said WOW winter really needs to be over. I forget what the winter blahs do to us all... Im cranky, they are cranky... Hubby goes to work everyday so he has no clue why we all scream so much.

With that said this weekend is the homeschool conference.... Our first conference was last year it was AMAZING tons of other like minded people... people who just get it who dont ask really stupid questions or give you the your really screwing up your kids for life look. The hotel has added a HUGE indoor waterpark so we are staying an extra night.. Im seriously hoping for the winter blues to be GONE poof when we get home.

I Am Woman Hear Me Roar

2007-02-12T18:51:00.000-06:00

I said that one day a few years back... my stepsons were 12 and 10 at the time and the youngest from the backseat of the car innocently responded with MEOW. Everyone found it very funny, we still do.... Now fast forward today and I feel like all I have done this afternoon and evening thus far is ROAR and you know whats worse than that little meow is the silence I am met with, Seriously am I even here today???? Noone has heard me all day... I say something and get met with a blank stare. I asked hubby this am to seperate some meat in the fridge to get it in the freezer.. blank stare and he didnt do it. I asked J to throw the clothes from the washer to dryer again blank stare. B was told all day to clean her room, yep you guessed it blank stare. Then of course what happens I BLOW you know that totally out of control give your self a headache mom scream????? Yep that was me.... and its ooooo so effective what did I get yep you guessed it BLANK FREAKIN STARES... SO I ask of you AM I HERE??? CAN ANYONE SEE OR HEAR ME????????

2007-02-10T16:29:00.000-06:00

Ok so here it is... My Feb 10, 2007 resolution! I WILL BLOG MORE!! HAHA I think about I really really do... and then I get busy and I dont. So there it is! My commintment to me... and if I still have any readers to you all! I WILL BLOG DAILY! Well ok lets not be radical I will Blog every other day... OK OK OK I know its me were talking about I will try really really darn hard to blog more often! Smiles

Whats new? Whats not new? Its just the day to day stuff so would be a really boring post!

Tonight we are off to dinner for MIL bday also for my husbands uncles Bday although he doesnt know it! So MIL is 60, Uncle is 50 and hubby was 40 hahaha its been a big year for birthdays in this family!

For Christmas my SIL and BIL and Hubby and I have my inlaws a trip to springfield as my MIL shares her bday with President Lincoln so did a whole themed weekend... they leave tonight after dinner (or In the am they live by no schedule)) Im about as exicited as they are to hear what the hotel is like...

Ok so Hubby is working up the kids... this may be a good thing if it burns off energy or it may be a bad thing if they are wild through dinner.... Anyhoo I have rambled enough!! IM BACK!

MIA And Christmastime

2006-12-19T20:06:00.000-06:00

So I have been MIA wow theres a shock..... What a mnth my laptop died my sister sent me the disks to reboot it (it was hers and she upgraded and shared the wealth!) Still not working well. Had to reset up the desktop which had become the kids school computer, they are less than thrilled!

Ive been sick... they have been sick... the dogs have even had the flu I think! In the midst of all of this we have still been doing 4h, girl scouts, boy scouts, unschooling group and I am gearing up to get brochures printed and in the mail for the INHOME Conference coming up at the end of feb... just imagine 7 pages of brochure 1 cardstock coverpage, printed, addressed, stamped and mailed to 2,500 people oh did I mention to be mailed out no later than Jan 2nd and I havent gotten the brochure yet to start the process??? CHAOS I tell you Chaos!

Christmas is rapidly approaching and im excited yet a bit overwhelmed, im still not done and well I just dont really even feel like shopping, oh well there is still time to get bit by the Christmas spirit bug! Im going to try my hardest to be better with posting!

If I dont post before I wish all of you A Very Merry Christmas

Happy Thanksgiving

2006-11-22T22:24:00.000-06:00

Twas the night before Thanksgiving and all through my head are thankful thoughts... So I thought I'd share!

Im thankful for a great husbad
Im thankful for my children
Im thankful for the soliders fighting for my freedom
Im thankful for the freedom in IL for homeschooling
Im thankful for a wonderful extended family
Im thankful for great friends

This has been a yr of ups and downs good and bad... just all around a normal year. At this time of reflection I realize I have a home to live in and keep me protected from the weather, I have transportation for my husband to get to work and for the kids and I to do "fun" and sometimes not so fun stuff during the day. My children are overall healthy and we have too many blessing to count.

With this I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving.

2006-11-21T20:11:00.000-06:00

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Cat in the Hat no I mean Fridge

2006-11-21T19:49:00.000-06:00

My goal is to try and figure out how to add picturs to the blog... im thinking it cant be too hard but who knows. Been one of those busy weeks with running, running running.. Tomorrow will be a day of cooking woo hoo fun fun!

So today the big news is that the cat got stuck in the fridge... yes the fridge. We have an extra "drink" fridge and the cat must have jumped in (im really trying to wishful think that J didnt put him there) The cat (peter pan) was none the worse for the time spent locked up! HAHA

The bunny is doing good.... my nerves not so much Shelby our lab/american bulldog mix wants to eat her in the worst way so I spend my days say no bunny bad shelby......

Sometimes I feel like my life is insane 3 dogs 3 cats 1 bunny 2 kids 1 husband..... nuff said

2006-11-19T20:55:00.000-06:00

Ok so Im a bit behind with posts.... it was just one of those weekends. Friday was a day full of errands woo hoo. Saturday was for the most part a wasted day... I had stayed up WAY WAY to late friday night.
Which is one of our family issues, somehow we got on this screwy schedule, up til 1 2 3 am and then sleeping til noon. Which is on of the things I do love about homeschooling but still this is just taking a toll on our family. So tonight 10pm lights out kids in bed. Not that I care if they fall right to sleep but something has to be done. Next week is really low key!!! Monday is busy we have physical therapy for B and pic up family pictures we had done and then do some shopping and then girl scouts tomorrow night. I will be glad to stay home tuesday and wednesday! Anyhow without furthur chit chat here is my menu for the week... we had the ham and scalloped potatoes tonight for dinner and yum yum!

Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Sun French Toast Chicken Nuggets Ham and scalloped potatoes
Mon Cereal Out Frozen Pizza
Tues Oatmeal Pb&J Nachos
Wed French toast sticks Hot Dogs Jacobs Shepards Pie
Thurs Oatmeal HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Fri Oatmeal Chicken Nuggets Crockpot Bacon Chicken
Sat Pancakes PB&J Pasta

Husbands, rabbits and my life

2006-11-17T00:22:00.000-06:00

Ok Im going to attempt to type this one more time... if it goes poof again though, im done for the night. Today was one of those really odd days. Hubby was home til 430pm and hes normally gone by 1130am at the latest, I didnt have much on the agenda and the kids for the most part did what I asked of them. Now tomorrow Im sure with be another odd day but I have tons of errands to do. Hubby is going to work tomorrow and its normally his day off, so just that will be strange, but hey they traded him tomorrow for sunday off and well he hasnt had a sunday off, that he didnt take off for something specific to do, in forever!!

I have come to realize that my husband was right he cannot please me. HAHA. Last week he had a really really late night. Btw he hauls fuel for a living so long hrs anyhow. Anyhow as I said above he normally starts at noon so home by midnight, this night last week I woke up at 3am and he still wasnt home, he had forgotten to charge his cell so of course I worried, laying in bed staring at the ceiling til he got home at 430am. Then we he got home I yelled (of course I did, I was freaked out and it was my wifely duty to freak him out too right?) that he could have called me from anywhere... even collect if needed to let me know he was just running late.... So last night well ok this AM the phone rings at 630am YES 630am and its hubby saying he was heading home it had been a bad night (weather, an accident etc etc) and what was my response?? You all know what it was right??? I was ticked that the phone woke me up!!! BUT I was nice to hubby (well as nice as one can be at 630am) When I woke up for the day, I noticed he had tried calling me at 2am haha I was sleeping!!!

Tomorrow (its after midnight so technically today) we are getting a rabbit, yes a rabbit. I cant wait to hear my MIL's response hahaha. We have 3 dogs and 3 cats and that makes her batty.... Bethy is signed up to do rabbits in 4-H this year so this will be her deal (YA RIGHT, just wait for the post about me caring for the dang rabbit).

Im a day ahead of myself today I have my menu done for the week, which I will post tomorrow (today) and my grocery list all done up!! WOO HOO

For anyone who wants to boo hoo with me hubby TALKED through General Hospital today.... THE NERVE and not nice chat either a whole hr of why do you watch this... really this is all you have to do with your time... cant we just watch cartoons, needless to say it was ugly around here at 3:01.

I have to bring a dish to my husbands aunts on thurs for thansgiving... I want some new and yummy anyone have any ideas??????

Changing Gears

2006-11-15T21:20:00.000-06:00

So ive decided to change gears and simplify by bringing my other blog over here..... It will be a process because I havent decided yet if I want to copy and past all my blogs over here or just start posting here..... Has anyone made this change and if so how did you go about it? I just am finding that there is more to do here. Id love to find some templates and other stuff and homeschoolblogger just doesnt seem as use friendly in some aspects in other ways though Its a big change. Wish me a smooth transition!

Random Thoughts

2006-11-14T21:25:00.000-06:00

Ok so there may be some issues posting to a blog all about me... I dont take enough me time haha. I did get alot of my to do list done the other day so thats a good thing. It so hard for me to believe that we are a week from Thanksgiving it just doesnt seem possible. It seems that as soon as Thanksgiving is done its time for Christmas..... WHICH I havent started even thinking about yet. Im truthfully having second thoughts about this blog I just cant seem to find anything to write about and even though its pretty prfound that a blog all about me would be empty I just dont think id get readers or much out of it haha. Anyhow we will just have to see what comes to me over the next couple of days... Maybe I will merge my other blog with this one and just have one BIG blog....

Need to Do Vs Want to Do

2006-11-11T14:08:00.000-06:00

Do you ever smile and nod all the while thinking wow I wish I wasnt here. Thats how yesterday was for me. We did all the stuff that has to be done on fridays and the whole time I really wanted to be at home under the covers with a book. On the other hand im sure I will appreciate having a car (made the car payment) a phone (paid phone bill) and last but surely not least food for the week (got groceries). Today is all about chores Hubby and the male child are cleaning out the basement, I dont do the basement so Im blogging for now. Here is my list of should dos today

Fold
Fold
Fold (there at least 9 loads to fold so it needed 3 spots)
Sweep and Mop Living room
Clean Bathroom
Make Dinner

Here is my list of want to dos
Be here on the net
take a nap
read

HMM so far, I will be honest, the want to do list has alot more accomplished HEHE!

Awake thinking about a Blog??

2006-11-09T15:23:00.000-06:00

I layed in bed last night and thought about this blog..... yes I know my blog kept me awake. Im thinking it might be a good thing because at least it wasnt thoughts of bills or the kids. I also wondered again what exactly I was looking for. I have to say Im not overly sure. Maybe this is what life is supposed to be like. Maybe I created this reality for myself, well not maybe I did. The question now is how to move forward how to recreate my reality without affecting everyone else's life.... Then theres that little voice that says maybe their lives should be affected maybe thats part of the problem. I know that I have shut down inside of me. I think its important to share with anyone that may be reading this that Im overweight not oh just a bit haha but ALOT. Its getting to the point that moving is painful, again I created this reality and I know it im just not sure why. I feel disconnected from my life....

Why I created this blog

2006-11-08T21:35:00.000-06:00

Today I start my journey to find me. Recently I had to create a email account as we switched service providers, I thought and I thought and I thought. Trying to think of something witty that just described me. To my shock and dismay I couldnt figure anything out. I settled for something with my first name and the word MOM in the title. This was a week ago. For the last week I have been thinking what defines me. Who am I? Where did I go? What do I like to do? What are my passions? Everything I come up with somehow involves my children, I have 2. Really really thinking hard now I finally thought of something else that was all about me... wait it was who I am as a WIFE. I am still wondering WHO I AM. So I thought why not make a new blog all about this journey, surely there are other women out there who as moms and wifes and even daughters and daughter in laws and sister in laws and friends and girl scout leaders and boy scout helpers and and and who are yelling inside, screaming WHERE DID I GO. So thats my goal, my blog purpose to try and figure out where did I go and Who am I and if I am JUST all of those things listed above why do I feel like im still missing something.