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Long Time No Talk

2006-05-16T20:31:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone! I just realized that I haven't posted in forever. I have been so busy with work that I can't even think about anything else. I have been working 50-60 hours a week and I am so tired by the time I get home in the evenings. Most evenings, I get home, we eat dinner, get the kids ready for bed, then I lay on the couch and watch TV until it is time to go to bed. This summer it should be easier and I won't have to work as many hours - which I am really looking forward to.

My Mother's Day was nice. The kids had made me some things at school that they gave me on Friday. Then, on Sunday, we went to the mall to get Jabber and Lego some new shoes. Then DH took us out to lunch. We went to Ruby Tuesday's. When we got home, DH gave me the cards that they had gotten me. Inside my card from DH - he told me what my gift was. Do you know what he got me?? Since we are both not home that much, he got me a cleaning lady to come every other week to clean our house. I am so excited. It is not as much for me as it is for him - since DH does most of the cleaning. I can't wait to have someone clean bathrooms and baseboards and stuff. The lady is coming out on Sunday to give us the estimate.

This past week was extremely stressful. There was a police detective shot and killed in the county where DH works. It was the first officer killed in the line of duty by gunshot in 66 years. She was killed by a 18 year old boy - who was in turn killed by police. DH knew the detective that was killed pretty well. It was very sad - it really makes one think. It could have been my DH that was killed - what would I have done.

I hope everyone is doing well - I have been trying to keep up by reading everyone's blogs. Sorry I don't comment very often. I am really hoping to get better at keeping in touch with my friends.

Wedding

2006-04-23T19:41:00.000-05:00

Well, Jabber and Princess were in a wedding last night. They were so cute, if you ask me. Here are some pictures so you can see how cute they were.

Easter Weekend

2006-04-15T20:43:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone! I am sorry I have been MIA lately. Work is keeping me super busy. Most days I don't get home till 6:30 or after and by that time I have to fix/eat dinner, bathe kids and put them to bed. After they go to bed I usually fall onto the couch and half the time fall asleep watching my shows.

Today, the kids and I went to my grandparents house for Easter. We had an egg hunt with all the kids - there were 7 total ranging in age from 11 months to 6 years old. They had a blast finding all the eggs we hid. We hid 110 in total. They also did a craft project and made bunny ears that turned out so cute.

Tomorrow, we will do our thing in the morning - the kids will come downstairs and see what they got from the Easter Bunny and then we will hide some eggs here. Then in the afternoon we will go to my sister-in-laws house for another egg hunt and Easter dinner.

At some point tomorrow I also have to go to the grocery store to get food for the week and Jabber needs to work on his project for school.

I hope everyone has a very Happy Easter!!!

Can't Sleep

2006-04-06T00:44:00.000-05:00

I don't know why, but I just can't sleep tonight. I have so much on my mind that I just can't relax. I slept good from 10-1 but now I am awake. So, I came down to check my email and write out a to-do list. I am hoping since I wrote everything down, it can go out of my head and I can go back to sleep. DH's alarm goes off at 5 and I have to get up between 6 and 6:30 to get ready for work. I don't have to be at work till 9:30, but I will most likely get there earlier - if I can get my kids up and moving.

Now that I am working, I have no time to do anything. I have not pulled out any of my Easter Decorations. I am in charge of bringing filled Easter eggs to my grandparents house on Easter Saturday, and I have not bought the stuff to fill them with. I have not bought anything for my kids' Easter Baskets, nor gifts for my nieces and nephews. We have 2 birthday parties to go to this weekend and I have not gotten gifts - I may try and take my kids to work before I have to be there today or tomorrow and run to Target before I have to be to work. If not, I don't know when I am going to get this stuff done. I can do the Easter shopping either Saturday or Sunday after birthday parties.

Well, enough rambling for today - I am going to try and head back to bed.

Random Ramblings

2006-04-02T07:00:00.000-05:00

Well, it was another busy week, but hopefully it is all settling down. I was even able to get to Curves one day last week. Maybe this week I can make it 2 times. Yesterday, I went up to KinderCare to do some cleaning. There was about 8 of us that showed up. We cleaned out some outside sheds that had a bunch of junk in it. We filled up our dumpster and still had so much junk that we decided to load up the KinderCare bus and drive the junk to the dump. We looked so funny driving down the road. There were 6 of us and a bunch of junk. All was going well until my mom (who had come to help with the cleaning) was trying to get a box out and it slipped and fell and came down on her finger - and somehow something metal cut her finger. We bandaged her up as much as we could and then we went back to KinderCare. She insisted she was fine to drive and would have my dad meet her at the Urgent Care near her house. She ended up needing 3 stitches and a tetanus shot. After she left we continued to work. Everyone else other than my assistant and myself left by about 3:15. My assistant and I were there until about 5:30. I got there at 10am. I feel bad for DH cause he was with the kids all day - but this was all stuff I needed to get done. Then, today I have a Stampin Up party to go to - so I will be leaving him with the kids again. I will take Jabber with me and Princess and Lego should be sleeping for at least part of the time I am gone. At some point today I need to go to the grocery store as well - maybe we will make that a family event. I also need to go shopping for some more dress clothes - I am tired of wearing the same clothes all the time. I am going to try and go buy a couple new pieces each pay period.

Sorry I have just rambled on. I kind of just jumped from topic to topic.

First Week

2006-03-26T06:27:00.000-05:00

Well, I survived my first week - I wasn't sure if I was going to. My assistant's mother died on Friday so she was gone on Monday - Wednesday of this week. Which means, I was kind of thrown to the wolves ( my 2 training weeks were not the greatest, nor the most productive). It was a very long week. I worked from 6 am to 6:30 pm everyday. Monday seemed to go pretty well. Tuesday I was out of the building most of the day for a meeting and Wednesday was a day from H***. Two people decided to call out sick and another had to leave early for a doctor's appointment. I was in tears in the middle of the day trying to figure out what I was going to do. It looked as if I was going to have to take 24 to myself (which I would have been way out of ratio since ratio is 1:12 in the 4's). Then I would have had to have another teacher stand in the doorway to watch my 24 while keeping an eye on the infants in her room. Finally I just called one of the teachers that called in sick and told her she had to come in - I had let her sleep and try to get rid of her migrane, but she was needed in work. All - in all- it worked out okay. Thursday, I had to go to Richmond for some training, so I was out of the building for the day, but my assistant was back so she could take care of things and I didn't have to stress about stuff happening. Friday, was an awesome day. Both my assistant and I were in the building and we got a lot done. Even my boss stopped by (who I can't stand) and went room to room saying what I needed to change (basically ripped apart the centet). However this week I was able to keep my labor hours down and was able to collect pretty much all of the money from the parents, so hopefully she won't be on our backs this week. I am hoping next week goes very smoothly and I can get into a routine (and even get back into going to Curves).

I apologize to my friend's for not commenting on your blogs lately. I have been trying to stay up on reading them when I get a chance to get on the computer, but haven't commented, so I have more time to see how everyone is doing.

Almost done training

2006-03-17T07:09:00.000-05:00

Well, today is my last day training. Next week I am on my own at my own center. I am looking forward to not travelling around to the different centers and getting stuff cleaned up and organized at my center. The only thing is that these last 2 weeks, I have kind of been on my own schedule and starting next week, I have to be at work by 6 on Mon. and Wed. and then not till 9:30 on Tues. and Thurs. Then, I am not sure if I am early or late on Friday. After 2 weeks of that schedule, my early days can be 7, instead of 6. And my assistant and I will alternate Fridays. I think I might go in some this weekend to get some stuff cleaned up and get familiar where things are. Well, off to get the kids ready so we can head into work. TTYL

Missing My Friends

2006-03-10T20:45:00.000-05:00

I am so missing all my online friends. Since going back to work, I have no time to really spend on the computer. On some mornings, I have a couple minutes to check my email and in the evenings, I don't have much time. I get home to dinner almost on the table. We eat, clean up, bathe the kids and put them in bed. Then, I have been just sitting on the couch vegging - this job is kicking my butt. I am not used to working, so I am so tired when I get home. Also, there is so much information shoved at me- it is a little overwhelming.

Monday evening after work, I leave to drive down to Richmond for a conference that is on Tuesday and Wednesday. I will get back sometime Wednesday evening then be back to work on Thursday. I am looking forward to getting away for a couple days - I just hope the conference is not boring.

First Day

2006-03-06T20:48:00.000-05:00

Well, I had to be at my first training location at 10 am - so I took Jabber to school and then dropped Princess and Lego off at KinderCare. They all did well their first day. Jabber got to ride the KinderCare bus from school back to KinderCare He was quite excited. So, I worked from 10-12 then took an hour and went to lunch with my sister. I then worked from 1-3 and the lady who was training me had to go do a bus run so she said there was no use me just sitting there so she told me to go and enjoy my afternoon (and said for all she knows, I was there till at least 5). So, I left and went back to my Kindercare until about 5:30 - helped out around there, and met a couple parents. I couldn't get my kids out of there - they didn't want to leave, which I guess is good since they like it there. I am going to be training at a different center tomorrow. DH is kind of annoyed because he ordered flowers for me and the are going delivered to the center I was at today and not the one I will be at tomorrow. (Did you know that flower delivery places don't generally deliver flowers on Mondays?) So, now I am going to have to figure out how to go and get my flowers. How sweet of him to think about me!!

Officially starting

2006-03-03T19:38:00.000-05:00

Well, the paperwork went through and I official start working on Monday. I have to be at my training site at 10 am - which will be nice so I can still take Jabber to school and have time to drop Princess and Lego off before heading to where I need to be. DH just found out he has to fly to Arkansas on Tuesday afternoon and come back sometime on Wednesday to pick up a kid. It is really going to stink - cause I was really depending on him this first week at work. I don't know what my hours are supposed to be and since I won't be at the same place with my kids, it is going to be hard picking them up and dropping them off. I also have a meeting on Tuesday night from 7-9. My parents are out of town, so they won't be able to help out. Luckily I have a neighbor who is going to help me out. If I can't pick up the kids on Tuesday, she will for me. She or her daughter will also watch the kids and put them to bed on Tuesday. What would I do with out my friends??

NO CEC

2006-03-01T06:35:00.000-05:00

Weel, we get to CEC last night at about 6pm - and MAN, there were so many people there. I actually have never seen so many people there on a weekday. So, we decided not to go there (we couldn't find a parking space). We ended up going next door to Fuddruckers instead. The kids were pretty bummed, but we promised them we would take them another day - maybe Thursday.

Poor Lego

2006-02-28T14:45:00.000-05:00

Well, I finally took Lego to the doctors this morning. He has just been miserable. He went to bed at 6:30 the last 2 nights (and slept all night) and took a 3 hour nap yesterday. All he has been doing is crying - which is not like him at all. So, the doctore said he has an ear infection and he did a strep test cause his throat was all red (we find out the results tomorrow). But, he did put him on a prescription - so I am hoping it helps the little guy.

Tonight we are going to Chuck E. Cheese for dinner for Princess's birthday. That is where she chose. DH is not happy - he wishes she would have chosen a "real" place to eat. But, I think this will be good - cause Lego might do okay with so much to see and do. I just hope he is not too fussy. Although my neighbor did say she would watch him if we wanted to leave him home.

It has been awhile

2006-02-27T07:20:00.000-05:00

It has been awhile since I have posted - just been kind of busy. We had Princess's birthday party on Saturday. There were about 27 people here to help her celebrate. It was nice - you should have seen the pile of presents that spoiled kid had. For appetizers, we set up the chocolate fountain with fruit, animal cookies and marshmallows. We also had chips and salsa, bagel pizzas and mozzarella sticks. Then for lunch we had chicken and biscuits from KFC, green beans, baked maccaroni and cheese, and this yummy strawberry pretzel salad that my mom makes. On Sunday, we went and exchanged some of the duplicate presents and got Jabber some new shoes. I need to get Lego shoes too, but he was too fussy and not feeling good, so I left him home with Daddy. My MIL and I took Jabber and Princess shopping and we stopped and got some lunch. We were gone about 4 hours.

I have also been busy filling out enrollment papers for the kids to go to KinderCare. There are so many of them and times that by 3. UGH! I am still not finished. I just haven't been wanting to sit and fill them out. Maybe I will work on that today to get finished.

I did it!

2006-02-20T21:05:00.000-05:00

I got the job. I am excited - it will be nice to have the extra money and I won't have to worry about finding Princess a preschool to go to. I am also quite a bit nervous. It is going to be kind of challenging having to become the "boss" to some of my former co-workers. Not to mention dealing with the parents. I am really hoping that I will be easily accepted and not given too hard a time. I might be starting as early as next week. I have to go fill out all the paperwork that needs to be filled out tomorrow, and they have to call and check my references. Then when I start, I won't start at my current location. I will have to train at a couple different centers for the first 2-3 weeks. I am going to have to rely on my DH a lot the first couple weeks helping me to get the kids to daycare or picking them up - especially when I have to be at work early in the morning.

Dinner Dance

2006-02-19T15:30:00.000-05:00

DH and I had a great time last night at the dinner dance we went to. Here is a picture of DH and I and one of 2 of the other wives. Sharon (on the left) lives in my neighborhood and her daughter babysits for me. Carolyn (on the right) is another one of my good friends and was one of the nurses in the NICU when Lego was born.

:)

2006-02-17T17:57:00.000-05:00

Well, the interview seemed to go really well. I have another interview on Monday at 8 am with the Area Director. When I talked to the out - going center director she told me that the job is probably mine and the Area Director would probably "swoon" me in the interview - cause it sounds like she wants me.

Keep Your Fingers Crossed

2006-02-16T20:03:00.000-05:00

Well, I got a call today from a director from another KinderCare who was asked to interview me. My first interview is tomorrow at 9:30 am. If all goes well, then I meet with the Area Director on Monday morning. I am getting excited. Now, I need to figure out what I am going to wear. I don't think my normal jeans or exercise pants are going to cut it.

Valentine's Day

2006-02-15T07:35:00.000-05:00

Valentine's Day was ok in our house. It didn't turn out how I was hoping. DH came home from work with 10 roses (a guy at his work asked him if he could have a couple for his wife, so DH gave him 2). I made a really yummmy dinner of pork tenderloin, mashed potatoes, broccoli, and homemade bread in the bread machine. We had a candlelight dinner after the kids went to bed (we put them to bed a little earlier than normal). I also bought a Carvel ice cream cake for dessert. I was the only one to have dessert. DH was too full from dinner. DH wasn't really feeling well - he has a head cold - so I didn't "get any" last night =( After dinner we watched, American Idol and Dog the Bounty Hunter and then went to bed.

DH is staying home from work today cause he says he feels so yucky. He also says he is cold - so I am going to have him take his temp when he wakes up - he might have a fever. He needs to get better and I can't get it, because we have a dinner dance to go to on Saturday night. We are staying at the hotel for the night. I have a feeling I might get a little drunk- since we don't have to drive any where. My mom is coming to our house to watch the kids for the night. I am really looking forward to dressing up and spending some time away from the kids. This event is through DH's work so we will know quite a few people, so it will be a lot of fun!

Stampin party

2006-02-13T07:06:00.000-05:00

Well, we got about 8 inches of snow, but my streets were plowed very early - so I decided to still have my stampin up party. Only 4 people showed up other than the demonstrator and myself. It was so much fun and quite productive. There were 3 paying customers (one was only 12 years old) and their total was $389. I was so excited - I am going to get som much free stuff. I am still collecting orders for people who were not able to come.

Where has the week gone?

2006-02-11T07:18:00.000-05:00

This week seemed to fly by - I didn't really do anything, but I don't know where the time went. I am sitting here waiting for it to start snowing. The weather people are saying we are supposed to get 6-12 inches. I am not happy about the snow coming. We were supposed to go to my aunt's house today for a family birthday party, but we cancelled that due to the imminent snow. Then, tomorrow I am supposed to host a Stampin Up party at my house. (where I had 12 people coming to my house) I am hoping that either it doesn't snow at all, or not enough where I have to cancel the party. I was really looking forward to hanging out wit all my friends (and getting some free stuff at the same time).

Well, I went to a baby shower last night for a girl I used to work with at KinderCare. When I was there, the Assistant Director was joking around asking me when I was coming back to work. I said - when KinderCare can pay me more and I can afford daycare for my 3 kids. Then she said - you should come back as a director - we work well together. I looked at her kind of funny and she told me the director that is there presently is getting transferred to a different center. So, I told her I might be interested in doing it. She is not interested in the director position because she has custody of her grandson who has muscular distrophy - and has a lot of obligations with that. But we get along soo well. I came home and mentioned that to DH and he was all for it - he says I spend too much money when I am at home. lol So, I guess I might be interviewing for the job. We shall see. (It would be nice so I don't have to look for a preschool to put Princess in) I miss working. I couldn't sleep last night - cause I was busy thinking about this opportunity. We shall see what will come of it. The Assistant Director is supposed to call and chat with me about it.

Not Feeling the Love

2006-02-06T09:21:00.000-05:00

Did I bore everyone with my last post and scare you all away??? LOL - I am kidding - I know Blogger was doing some crazy stuff - so I am just posting this to see if comments can be posted to this one. I will write more later!

Here I sit

2006-01-30T22:54:00.000-05:00

Well, I should be in bed, however, my DH is snoring so loud I couldn't get to sleep. It is so loud I can here him downstairs. When he came home today from his skiing trip I told him he should take a nap so he wouldn't be so tired tonight - but he was afraid he wasn't going to be able to sleep tonight. Between his snoring, our uncomfortable bed and his alarm going off at 5 - I will be lucky to get a couple hours sleep. How is a girl supposed to get her beauty sleep?

Ok - off to catch up on some blog reads and maybe try to go back to bed.

Tired

2006-01-28T08:14:00.000-05:00

I am soooo sleepy - I stayed up till 11:30 on Thursday night - which is super late for me. Well, yesterday morning Princess decided she would get up at 6:00. UGH! Then, last night, I had Bunco and didn't get to bed till almost 11:30 and Princess decided to get up at 6:45. (I was hoping she would sleep later - cause she didn't have a nap yesterday. Well, tonight, I have 2 of my friends coming over to scrapbook and make cards and who knows when they will leave. Two weeks ago when they came over they didn't leave till 1:30. - I hope I can make it. I might try to take a nap when Princess and Lego take a nap today - but Jabber doesn't nap so knowing my luck he will keep coming in to ask me stuff. I have a feeling that on Sunday night I will be in bed super early.

Dreading going to bed

2006-01-26T22:41:00.000-05:00

Have you ever dreaded going to bed? I do every night. Don't get me wrong I love to sleep but we need a bed so bad. Our bed is really not that old - maybe 5 or 6 years, but we must have bought the cheapest one in the store (you get what you pay for), cause it really stinks. It has the worst dips in it - we flip and turn the mattress all the time. I wake up with the worst back ache every day - and some night can't sleep. Last night, DH couldn't sleep and went downstairs to watch a movie and didn't come back up till 2 am.

I think we might go look at new beds either on Monday - when DH gets home from skiing (yes, he left again today) or next Saturday. I hope it is Monday - cause the sooner the better. Although - it will take some getting used to a new bed.

Party

2006-01-22T07:01:00.000-05:00

My little buddy is now one! He had a great time at his party. We had some yummy appetizers when everyone got there, including fruit dipped in the chocolate fountain. Then we had lunch - Lasagna, salad and bread. After that, Lego opened his presents and had his cake. At first he wasn't sure what to do with the cake (he was also really tired), then he got right to work - I don't think he ate very much of it, just played in it. After everyone left, Lego played for a little. Then he ate his dinner and fell asleep drinking his bottle. I laid him on the couch and he took a little power nap before his bath and bedtime. All in all we had a good day!

Last minute planning

2006-01-20T07:09:00.000-05:00

Well, my little Lego turns 1 tomorrow. It is really strange how fast the time flew. Last year, we didn't know if he was going to make it ( spent 11 days in the NICU) and this year he is off and running.

Well, we have about 30 people coming to our house for a party for the little guy, mostly family but there are a couple of our friends coming too. I sure have a lot to do today. DH is going to finish painting the trim in the kitchen and family room. We didn't get any painting done yesterday - we went to Lowes and then Nick hung the new fan and the new bracketless shelves on the wall. Today I have to go and buy some lasagna to fix. I also have to get the ice cream and sodas. I will pick up the cake tomorrow morning. I will probably also make Logan's cake today. I have to clean and put away laundry as well.

Tonight DH and I are going on a date to dinner and a movie. I am excited to go out and spend some alone time. My inlaws are going to watch the kids. We probably should use the time to clean and get ready for the party - but it is not that often we get to get out (without having to pay a babysitter)

Painting, Painting and More Painting

2006-01-19T07:53:00.000-05:00

We got the green part painted yesterday. I think it looks godd - I will post pictures when we are fininshed. Today we are going to paint the trim and the morning room that is attached to the kitchen. We are also going to get a new ceiling fan for the family room. I am really excited. I think all my family is going to be really surprised when they come over on Saturday - we have done a lot since a lot of them have been over. We put hardwood floors in our office, dining room, powder room and stairs. We painted the office, dining room. kitchen and family room. We had new counters put in the kitchen. We put cabinets and shelves in the office and we have redone my craft room. Next week (before he goes skiing again), I am going to have DH paint our bedroom. I already have the new bedding - we just need to paint. He is not looking forward to that cause we have vaulted ceilings in there and it is going to be a pain to paint.

He's home

2006-01-18T07:46:00.000-05:00

It is nice to have my hubby home. He got home about 9 am yesterday. We didn't do much. He was really tired from riding on a bus all night. I was able to go to the grocery store by myself which was really nice. Then he watched 24 which he missed while he was gone. I made some cards and did some laundry. Last night we just watched American Idol and went to bed. I was tempted to send him back to Canada - He kept on snoringand I couldn't sleep! (he only does that when he is really tired)

Today we are going to paint our kitchen and family room a really cool green color. I can't wait. It will look really nice when we have everyone over for Lego's first birthday party on Saturday.

One more night

2006-01-16T21:26:00.000-05:00

Well, DH home will be home in the morning! I am really excited! I have missed him a lot. The kids have been really good. I have been trying to keep everyone busy, so they don't get bored and go crazy and make me pull my hair out. Today we got together with a friend of mine and her 2 kids. We went to AC Moore to get some card making/scrapbooking stuff. Then we took the kids to Chik fil a for lunch and a little play time. Afterwards they came back to our house and stayed till about 6 - which left us just enough time to finish Jabbers homework, eat dinner, put away some laundry and get the kiddos in bed.

It was so sad yesterday, Jabber looked at me and said, "I really miss daddy." So he will be excited to see that daddy is home when he gets home from school tomorrow.

I'm part of the cool club now!

2006-01-15T20:59:00.000-05:00

Well, I finally decided to break down and create a blog. I wanted to see what all the talk was about. So, here I am, the third evening by myself. DH is in Canada chaperoning a ski trip. He left Friday around 11 am and should be home sometime Tuesday morning. Luckily, I have been trying to keep busy to help pass the time. Being home with 3 kids 24/7 can be kind of rough sometimes. When he gets home, he will be home for a week and a half and then leaves again for another ski trip. He enjoys doing it - and even better - he gets to go for free.