Monday, March 18, 2013
No Perfect Moms
Let me just say that as much as I would like to be at home, I am glad to have started a "normal" week. Last Friday (the 8th) I woke up in the early morning hours with the flu. SERIOUSLY!! I have not had the flu since 2006 & I had made it through Dec., Jan., & Feb. without getting sick. March comes & I am puking my guts out. Now I must say that I had forgotten just how much I HATE being sick. Well I was sick Friday, Saturday, & was finally better by Sunday. So my husband & I decided to make a run to the store with our son. WELLLLL....wouldn't you know we get almost to the store & my son projectile vomits in the truck.
-SIDE NOTE: my husband does not do well w/ puking & is one that will start gagging & possibly end up puking if he is around others that are.
So we get pulled over to the side of the road & my son, bless his heart, is doing pretty good for the first time ever puking. My husband on the other hand is standing behind me gagging & complaining of the smell. So now i have a sick kid. Well he seemed fine when we got home only he had diarrhea. I don't want to brag b/c it will come back to bite me I'm sure, but my son did really well the entire time & only had 2 accidents in his underwear:) Well a family member came & watched our son while my husband & I went to work. Later that night my son wakes up screaming, I run in his room to find him puking in his bed. (he had went a full 24 hours w/out puking) So here I am at 10 pm giving our son a shower while my husband is gagging changing his bed clothes. I make a bed on the floor & my son & I snuggle up. At around 2am I hear my husband in the bathroom puking:( Needless to say sleep was not an option that night. Well after several days my husband & son are back to feeling better, thank goodness b/c I'm not sure who the bigger baby was.
Friday I was able to take off work & attend the Hearts at Home conference in Bloomington, IL. AWESOME!! If you have never been, you must go. This conference is completely dedicated to moms. This year the theme was "No Perfect Moms", how appropriate. It was so nice to be able to listen to other women talk about the achievements/disappointments/stresses of everyday motherhood. It was also nice to enjoy some much needed girl time. I came away from that event learning several things: 1. I am not the only mother who sometimes wants to run away & hide for a while 2. I am so thankful for the life & family that I have & how the Lord has blessed me 3. I really struggle with friendships (this will be discussed on a future post, I don't have the energy for that now)
So this week starts a new week...but next week is sure to bring many interesting posts. My hubby gets his wisdom teeth out, we have my nephew's 2nd birthday party, & our son gets his pictures taken.
-SIDE NOTE: my husband does not do well w/ puking & is one that will start gagging & possibly end up puking if he is around others that are.
So we get pulled over to the side of the road & my son, bless his heart, is doing pretty good for the first time ever puking. My husband on the other hand is standing behind me gagging & complaining of the smell. So now i have a sick kid. Well he seemed fine when we got home only he had diarrhea. I don't want to brag b/c it will come back to bite me I'm sure, but my son did really well the entire time & only had 2 accidents in his underwear:) Well a family member came & watched our son while my husband & I went to work. Later that night my son wakes up screaming, I run in his room to find him puking in his bed. (he had went a full 24 hours w/out puking) So here I am at 10 pm giving our son a shower while my husband is gagging changing his bed clothes. I make a bed on the floor & my son & I snuggle up. At around 2am I hear my husband in the bathroom puking:( Needless to say sleep was not an option that night. Well after several days my husband & son are back to feeling better, thank goodness b/c I'm not sure who the bigger baby was.
Friday I was able to take off work & attend the Hearts at Home conference in Bloomington, IL. AWESOME!! If you have never been, you must go. This conference is completely dedicated to moms. This year the theme was "No Perfect Moms", how appropriate. It was so nice to be able to listen to other women talk about the achievements/disappointments/stresses of everyday motherhood. It was also nice to enjoy some much needed girl time. I came away from that event learning several things: 1. I am not the only mother who sometimes wants to run away & hide for a while 2. I am so thankful for the life & family that I have & how the Lord has blessed me 3. I really struggle with friendships (this will be discussed on a future post, I don't have the energy for that now)
So this week starts a new week...but next week is sure to bring many interesting posts. My hubby gets his wisdom teeth out, we have my nephew's 2nd birthday party, & our son gets his pictures taken.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
CLEARANCE!!
Sorry this pic is blurry
My new outfit.
Okay I typically don't post a lot of pics & I hope to get better at that. I definatley do not post pics of just myself (posing at that)...that's just not me. BUT I had to brag a little on my awesome deal. I LOVE shopping just as much as the next girl, but when you have child care & bills to pay that gets put on the back burner. Well I had a gift card for Kohls (one of my favorite stores) so I thought I deserved a new outfit. Me being me I headed straight to the clearance racks, which Kohls always seems to have a lot of. Let me back up a little & say that I like colored jeans, but I don't think this fad will last forever so I realy didn't want to spend a lot of money on them. With that being said I found these adorable mustard jeans ($8.80) & this grey sweater ($12.80). Problem 1: the jeans were a size smaller then I would normally buy. Problem 2: the sweater had a little piece of material coming loose. (hard to tell in the pic, but it is a knitted type sweater)
So to the dressing room I went and the jeans....FIT!!!!!!! I was so excited, but I still wasn't sure about the sweater, but my mom told me to ask about getting more taken off the sales price since it was damaged. So I ask the girl at the checkout & explain there was not another sweater on the racks, (truly this was the only one I could find) and since it was damaged would there be anyway to take more off the price. She said she would take an additional 10% off.....WOOHOO, my total for top & jeans was roughly $18, I got my tank underneath at Target (another favorite store) for $8, I already had my boots but they were another deal of $20 at Sears a couple years ago. I absolutely LOVE a new outfit, but when an entire outfit costs less than $50 that is AWESOME!!
To add to my exciting day I was driving my son to his babysitter & seen $5 laying in the middle of the street. The street I was on has a lot of traffic & several people up & down it so how that $5 managed to be where it was is beyond me...but Happy $5 day to me:)
Okay the more I look at the pics I realize that stripes are not good for me:( So i better post this before I chicken out.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Where did the month go?
Well a lot has happened...or should I say not happened since my last post.
1. I AM HORRIBLE w/ EXERCISE!! I have not been doing much at all.
2. My son has decided that he would rather watch Aladdin, play games, or sneak behind furniture & pee his pants then go to the restroom. Thankfully this has only happened a few times, but he was doing so well I'm not sure why he is going backwards. Oh well, he is still doing pretty great for 2 1/2:)
3. The women's conference that I put together went GREAT! God tells us not to worry & to trust in him. You would think putting together a conference for GOD you would be able to do that...I wish it was that easy. But as usual all my worrying was a waste b/c the event was great. We had amazing speakers & great worship, as well as really yummy food. One of the women who spoke has a fairly new outreach called Mighty Strong Girls. If you have daughters, nieces, cousins, even if you know young girls definitely check out their website: www.mightystronggirls.com. Their mission is to help girls receive a positive image about themselves & that what they see in the media is not reality.
4. Before I tell my next story I should say that I am not a violent person nor do I take domestic violence lightly. With that being said the other night I smacked my husband in the face, in my sleep. I am a very vivid dreamer as well as what I would call an "active sleeper". The other night I woke up & he was holding my arm above his face, I was really confused so I yanked my arm away, rolled over & went back to sleep. According to my husband he was in a dead sleep when I smacked him pretty hard right in the face & drug my nails across. My husband said he thought he was being attacked. When he realized it was me he was angry. (did he really think I would do that on purpose) I should also note that this was around 3:45am, my hubby gets up at 4. So everyone knows how much it stinks to get woke up before you alarm goes off. Then when he got up he went to the mirror & there were red marks on his face. I apologized & I really don't remember any of it. His response "I don't care what you have to do, get counseling, do something about your sleeping". I will also add this isn't the first time my husband has suffered injury at the hands of me from my crazy dreams. I'm really shocked he hasn't got a separate bed yet:)
5. I cleaned out my fridge yesterday & can I just say it's amazing what you find. Needless to say it looks much better now, but a little bare.
6. I would love to start my own business, where I do nothing but other peoples errands. How nice would it be if you could call someone & say I need groceries picked up, my dry cleaning dropped off, & the leaves raked in my yard. I could set my own hours, get my own errands done while doing others, & be able to work from home. OH TO DREAM!
7. I think my husband & I had a mental block because we got my son a puppy. Her name is Pixie & she is soooo CUTE! (pics to come soon) However, she is a puppy who bites everything & pees on the floor. I thought potty training my son was hard. Let me back up though & explain why we got this dog. My son has never really been raised around a dog. We had a hunting dog when he was little but that dog stayed in a kennel, my sister has dogs but they live in town so they are typically in a pen. My parents don't have a dog. My in-laws do have a dog (that I got them) who is a 110lb lab that is CRAZY!! So to say my son doesn't like dogs is an understatement, he is afraid of them. He likes looking at them & talking to them, but doesn't want them near him. So I thought if we got a puppy he would do better with it b/c the dog would be smaller than him. Well he loves her & cries if he doesn't get to see her or doesn't know where she is...BUT he doesn't want to pet her unless we are holding her & you can forget about playing on the floor with her. Last night we did walk around the yard with her & he did pretty well. It's going to take time, but I hope they become best friends!
With all that being said February has flown by but the cold weather remains. I am so ready for spring.
1. I AM HORRIBLE w/ EXERCISE!! I have not been doing much at all.
2. My son has decided that he would rather watch Aladdin, play games, or sneak behind furniture & pee his pants then go to the restroom. Thankfully this has only happened a few times, but he was doing so well I'm not sure why he is going backwards. Oh well, he is still doing pretty great for 2 1/2:)
3. The women's conference that I put together went GREAT! God tells us not to worry & to trust in him. You would think putting together a conference for GOD you would be able to do that...I wish it was that easy. But as usual all my worrying was a waste b/c the event was great. We had amazing speakers & great worship, as well as really yummy food. One of the women who spoke has a fairly new outreach called Mighty Strong Girls. If you have daughters, nieces, cousins, even if you know young girls definitely check out their website: www.mightystronggirls.com. Their mission is to help girls receive a positive image about themselves & that what they see in the media is not reality.
4. Before I tell my next story I should say that I am not a violent person nor do I take domestic violence lightly. With that being said the other night I smacked my husband in the face, in my sleep. I am a very vivid dreamer as well as what I would call an "active sleeper". The other night I woke up & he was holding my arm above his face, I was really confused so I yanked my arm away, rolled over & went back to sleep. According to my husband he was in a dead sleep when I smacked him pretty hard right in the face & drug my nails across. My husband said he thought he was being attacked. When he realized it was me he was angry. (did he really think I would do that on purpose) I should also note that this was around 3:45am, my hubby gets up at 4. So everyone knows how much it stinks to get woke up before you alarm goes off. Then when he got up he went to the mirror & there were red marks on his face. I apologized & I really don't remember any of it. His response "I don't care what you have to do, get counseling, do something about your sleeping". I will also add this isn't the first time my husband has suffered injury at the hands of me from my crazy dreams. I'm really shocked he hasn't got a separate bed yet:)
5. I cleaned out my fridge yesterday & can I just say it's amazing what you find. Needless to say it looks much better now, but a little bare.
6. I would love to start my own business, where I do nothing but other peoples errands. How nice would it be if you could call someone & say I need groceries picked up, my dry cleaning dropped off, & the leaves raked in my yard. I could set my own hours, get my own errands done while doing others, & be able to work from home. OH TO DREAM!
7. I think my husband & I had a mental block because we got my son a puppy. Her name is Pixie & she is soooo CUTE! (pics to come soon) However, she is a puppy who bites everything & pees on the floor. I thought potty training my son was hard. Let me back up though & explain why we got this dog. My son has never really been raised around a dog. We had a hunting dog when he was little but that dog stayed in a kennel, my sister has dogs but they live in town so they are typically in a pen. My parents don't have a dog. My in-laws do have a dog (that I got them) who is a 110lb lab that is CRAZY!! So to say my son doesn't like dogs is an understatement, he is afraid of them. He likes looking at them & talking to them, but doesn't want them near him. So I thought if we got a puppy he would do better with it b/c the dog would be smaller than him. Well he loves her & cries if he doesn't get to see her or doesn't know where she is...BUT he doesn't want to pet her unless we are holding her & you can forget about playing on the floor with her. Last night we did walk around the yard with her & he did pretty well. It's going to take time, but I hope they become best friends!
With all that being said February has flown by but the cold weather remains. I am so ready for spring.
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