Happy Valentines Day

Well, Happy Valentines Day to everyone out there. This is a year that I know right now I will not be getting any presents from Randy. We don't have the extra money but I guess It is good just to have each other and to have pretty good health. I sat last night and helped the kids get their valentines ready to take to school this morning. They have home made cards for us. I know they took some kind of box and cut it apart and wrote on the blank side. So guess I have to really act like I just received the Mona Lisa or something of that standard.

Slip sliding away

I am really thinking a lot about when Randy and I get a place of our own. I know that I want some safety features in the bathroom. I guess when you get a little older you just don't feel as sure footed in the shower as you did when you were younger. So I have been checking out some Suction Grab Bar FAQ. I am really learning that they are not just for the elderly. Because although I do consider myself older I do not think of myself as elderly. Plus I really in favor of a good bathmat in the tub. I can't think of anything worse than if you fell in the shower and had to call 911 and there you are in all of your glory when the guys get there. Nope that is not for me. I am a supporter of preventive measures.

Rain Rain go away

Well I am thankful that since it has started raining that it waited until we got home from the bus stop. There is nothing worse (that I can think of right now) than walking home from a bus stop with 3 kids than doing it in pouring down rain. I think this bus stop is about 27 miles from the house and it is up hill both ways. I know you are saying that is not possible and it probably isn't but it sure seems like it is. But all that aside I guess we could get some bad weather this evening. We have tornado warnings for us all evening tonight. I just pray that all we manage to get is some rain. I do not want any bad weather with 5 children in the house.

A face only a mother could love

While walking home the other day from the bus stop with the grandchildren, I saw a lady in her driveway with a Chinese Shar Pei. The dog was black and it made me remember when we had a dog just like that. That was before the internet was as popular as it is now and I had a hard time finding out about the breed of dogs. Pet Information back then was just much harder to find. We had a dog that had many health problems when we got him. But the breeder wasn't going to do anything to help him. So being the animal lovers we are we agreed to keep the dog. After many hundreds of dollars spent at the vet we had a very loving dog. But seeing that dog the other day brought back memories so I stopped to talk with her for a bit. There is just something about dogs that seems to bring people together to share your pet stories. It seems like someone always has the best dog and wants to tell you about that animal. I really wonder what pets would say to us if they were able to talk. I believe that that dog we had would have told us how happy he was to be living with us than with the breeder we got him from.

Oh Lord Bless this food

Every night at dinner the kids basically fight over who is going to pray. I don't think it is because they are trying to be so "Spiritual" it just means they get to be heard by everybody including God himself.

Well last night Nate won the coin toss as it were to pray. So he proceeded to thank God for the food and this was heartfelt because I made homemade Chicken and dumplings and this is a meal he likes. After that he blessed the people that cooked the food. That keeps him on good terms with the cook. Then he prayed that God would give us some large black trash bags. He prayed this because part of his duties are trash and he knew we are out of the good bags and are down to the cheep ones. He does not want a bag breaking on him cause he might get something Yuckie on himself. He is our OCD boy. So I keep looking today for a large box of black trash bags to drop out of the sky.

Can you hear me now

As some of you already know Jill is planning to move sometime this summer to Europe to live there with some of her friends. She already knows that she is going to need a cell phone when she gets there. So she has already started checking out Cheap Mobile Phones. Even though she will be looking for Cheap phones she will want good service and good coverage. I mean come on it doesn't matter how cute your telephone is if you have no service what good does it do you?

I really hate to have her that far away from us. I mean come on right now she is in the bedroom right next to me. OK, maybe that is a little to close for us to be to each other but we do get along for the most part. But no matter how far away she does move from home she is going to need a good Free mobile phone. I am a typical mother and if I didn't hear from her on a regular basis I would just worry about her.

What do we do.

We are really at a loss here as to how to deal with the 3 year old in the house. No matter what you do to discipline him when he does something wrong nothing seems to work. Yesterday he was caught in his baby sister's crib jumping up and down while she was laying there. This morning he was caught doing exactly the same thing. We are worried in the first place that he will accidentally jump on her and seriously hurt her or even worse kill her. But no matter how you discipline him he will go back and do the same thing over and over again. Spanking his does nothing at all. Neither does standing in a corner. So right now he is sitting on a chair. But, that doesn't seem to actually bother him either. I asked him why he was on the chair and he told me because he was jumping in his sister's crib. But then he said "you didn't see me". I have never in my live dealt with a child like this. He has no regard for right and wrong.

I Have a Headache

Boy I tell you lately I have been having a lot of headaches and I have finally come to the decision that it is time to have my eyes checked and get new glasses. OK, I admit it is way way past time to get new glasses. It is just something I hate to do. The last time I got glasses it cost me over $400.00 for exam, frames and lenses. So to say the least I do not have that kind of money right now. So I think I will check out Zenni Optical: Sell Rx Glasses $8 with case!. I mean what a deal. I wear progressive lenses and they actually have them starting at $37.00. That was the biggie cost with the glasses I am wearing. I picked out a frame that was only $25.00 because it was a sample frame so the rest was for lenses. I really think this is worth looking into.

The "Mother"

Oh, good grief Charlie Brown. The "Mother" works an 8 - 5 job but has the ability to stop by the house, and you guessed it she just stopped by the house. So now she is down there going at it with the 3 year old. He keeps climbing into the crib with his sister and he is going to hurt her so she keeps saying you can't climb into the crib just over and over again. But if you were to ask him right now what she said to him he would have no earthly idea. The two of them just about drive me right up a wall.

Fat to Muscle

The other day I was at the grocery store and they have those scales in the front where everybody and their brother can see your weight. I mean it has everything in huge numbers the only thing it doesn't do is shout out your weight. But, all aside I haven't gained very much weight since we have been back in the states. But I could use some help with Weight & Strength Training Revolution. My actual weight is not too bad what I would do is to lose the rest of my fat and turn it into muscle. I would love to tone back up. I know at my age things are supposed to drop. But I would love to catch some of me before everything hits the floor with a huge bounce and come back up to smack me between the eyes.