This week the woodland creatures and I have a lot in common.
For some reason I've felt like stocking up on groceries and medicines. Hmm, maybe because I was sick last week and we were out of both? And we're finally getting that fall nip to the air (high of 60F/16C tomorrow!) so I'm nesting. Or hording. Or whatever it is called.
Yesterday I made a trip to Costco. And today I managed to spend $125 at CVS pharmacy. But we have food! And meds! And a significantly lower bank account balance...
What does the cooler weather make you want to do?
I'm still recovering from last Tuesday's fever/headache/sore throat/sleep all day thing. It morphed into a head congestion/cough that won't quit. It's not all that much fun to have my immune system...
The kids and the cats are fine. Greg's hard at work and school. I'm sewing (sometimes) and trying to keep the house from falling down (some days I do better than others).
I guess I'm just not in the mood to write (blog). I mean there's stuff I do want to share (new phone! pretty mums! my dealings with a Boy Scout popcorn person who won't give me the popcorn I'm suppose to have and I think she thinks I am trying to steal popcorn! Dude I don't want to have the stuff in the first place, I really wouldn't be bugging her about it except I'm not paying $45 for popcorn we were suppose to sell but couldn't cause we didn't have it). I'm a bit "meh" about the whole blogging thing right now. I am coming up on 5 years of blogging. Who does anything for 5 years nowadays?
Although I think I just did more writing in parenthesis than out. Maybe if I just start every blog post with this ( and then end somewhere with one of these ) I'll be all good to go.
It's 3 months until Christmas!
(Oh and today is my birthday.)
Although honestly I'm more excited that The Office premiere is tonight.
See? Exciting!
Anyway Greg is actually in town this year (he has a knack for being on travel on my birthday. And Boy Scout meetings) so we're going out tonight. But we have to be in by 9pm (see above "The Office" premiere). Because it's my birthday and I say so. We're also picking out new cell phones (finally) but I don't think I can talk him into switching to AT&T (we have Sprint) so I can buy an iPhone. I'm not even sure I need an iPhone but their commercials have done a pretty good job of convincing me that I do.
Also today I think I'm going to a local quilting store to buy fabric for a new quilt. Greg doesn't think my Christmas quilt goes with our new family room design. Go figure. And also? Twist my arm to go fabric shopping. Although as a responsible small business owner I really should finish sewing two wholesale orders before I make the quilt. So I'm compromising and only buying the fabric today. I'm so maturing in my old age...
And so it begins.
Last Friday night I joined the ranks of all those crazy parents who go to great lengths to keep their children happy. I went out after dark, stayed up past my bedtime, and waited in line to buy...
Brisinger, the 3rd book in the Inheritance series by Christopher Paolini
(What? You thought I was going to say something crazy like Hanna Montana tickets?)
For the record, Zach went with me. He's read Eragon and the Eldest like 5 times each (possibly 6 at this point) and he's heard me do sorta crazy things to buy the last 2 Harry Potter books. And as you know it is really fun to wait in line and be the first to buy something, be it a book or concert tickets. Our local Barnes and Nobles employees dressed up, had games to play, and gave out door prizes. And I browsed the craft section books while we waited for midnight. (Who says it had to be all about that Brisinger book? lol)
I also figure books and reading are worth a little extra effort and encouragement. And it was a bit fun to see him so excited. But the jury is still out on any concerts that involve songs played on Radio Disney...
I'm sorta kinda sick. It's the headache, achy throat one (and maybe low grade fever, haven't bothered to find a thermometer). I feel yucky enough that I don't want to go out but I really need to buy groceries. Why do I never get sick right after buying groceries? Honestly I only shop once a week (Tuesday or Wednesday) so what are the chances that I always seem to be sick on those days?
Also anyone know if USPS forwards packages? I had updated my Amazon account but then used a different credit card on my most recent order and it pulled up the MD address (and I didn't notice, oops). I guess I'll find out in a few days when the tracking information shows it going back to Amazon instead of me...
So last week I lost the will to write.
(Which isn't as drastic as losing the will to live but not much fun either.)
It also didn't help I was in Hormone Hell aka PMS. I didn't even want to be around me, it was not a good time.
But now it's all kittens and rainbows!
Speaking of kittens, we have two now! And Greg's still not happy because I can't count to one. We were suppose to get one. But we have two. I can never buy one of anything, it's against my nature as a mom of 5. One causes fights. Two I can usually get by with some creative sharing. Honestly he's lucky I didn't adopt five.
So meet Oscar:
He's 6 months old according to the adoption agency and isn't much smarter than a box of rocks. It's okay, a doopy cat is very good here because he lets Kelly carry him around all day and doesn't know that as a cat, he shouldn't allow it.
And Angela:
She's 2 years and a cat's cat. As in, she's a bit more aloof and prefers Zach and I as opposed to Kelly. She won't chase Oscar's toy mouse and she'll give you that "you've got to be kidding me" look a lot. She also likes to ignore Greg when he calls her and then will sleep on his office sofa while he works. Typical cat.
More pictures here. These were taken the first day. Angela has filled out a bit more (poor thing was so scrawny) and Oscar is still a loon.
It's so nice to have kitties again.
Taking the week off from blogging, hope you have a good one!
Kyle's sick.
Poor kid barely made it through his birthday dinner last night.
He was running a low grade fever and generally felt out of sorts. At about midnight he came into my room complaining about hearing voices. Aw, I hate those fever induced delusions too. So I let him sleep on Greg's side (currently at UNC for his masters) and he told me any time he starts breathing funny, he was hearing the voices and I should wake him up. Needless to say, I didn't sleep very well.
(He's still sleeping, no school for him.)
Between this and the rain, I guess my planned bike ride this morning is out. But I think a nap is now definitely on order.
TGIF, I think...
Happy Birthday Kyle!
Since we had his birthday party over Labor Day weekend (pictured above), we're going out to dinner tonight to celebrate. And then to Zach's soccer practice. Which is at the same time as Zach's scout den meeting but cloning Zach probably wouldn't be a good idea. Because I only have one laptop.
When talking about his birthday, Kyle said he wanted to go chocolate milk hopping.
Me: Huh?
Kyle: Well Grandpa L (Greg's grandfather with whom Kyle shares his birthday) is going bar hopping for his next birthday (75th!)and since I have to be older to do that, he said I should go chocolate milk hopping.
Me: Oh. (The kids catch me off guard a lot and at a loss for words.)
Anyway happy 7th birthday kiddo, here's to another great year with you!
Somehow I goofed up my days. I'm still working on Tuesday's list today (oops) and just realized that all the stuff I'm writing in my day planner to do tomorrow is going on Wednesday's list which is actually today. Is there any way I can have Tuesday back again?
And since today is Wednesday, I need to be at the school in half an hour to help out in the library. That really messes with the whole "get everything done for two days in one day" plan. Ah, look! There's nothing written in on Friday yet...
I really don't know where the weekend went. I swear my life has been on fast forward for awhile now. Where's the pause button?
Two nights we celebrated Steph's birthday. Happy birthday!
And then we had two soccer games (Zach's team lost, the twin's team won with Emily scoring 4 goals and Ally 1). I felt like I spent a lot of time at the soccer fields with just those two games and then I realized we have four games next weekend.
On an ironic note, we hosted the twin's new Girl Scout troop's first regular meeting of the year over the weekend too. I know, I know, I spent 3 years doing all the meetings for the Brownies and then we join a new troop where I could totally just drop and run and instead hey, I'll take the first meeting! I'm such a sucker for punishment. We'll also just ignore the fact that I'm Kelly's Girl Scout leader (go Daisies!) and Greg seems to have taken on Kyle's Cub Scout Tiger Den. Anyone want to start taking bets on when it becomes my Tiger Den? And Zach's new den meets weekly, what the heck happened to twice a month?
This is totally why I did not have six kids. HAHAHAhahahahaha...
One of the fun parts of having a new house and an interior designer for a father-in-law is coming home to new stuff that looks great together. While at Stitches Midwest last weekend, window treatments and wall decorations magically appeared and one room's furniture was completely rearranged (and it works so much better now). Fun!
Here's a shot of the family room after:
Except what's on that shelf?
Do we have a big problem with vampires in Indiana that I didn't know about?
I'm having one of those "but I don't wanna..." days.
I need to pay the bills. And go to the post office. And figure out the schedules for 2 soccer teams, 4 scout groups, religon classes, and I accidentally volunteered to help in the school library and Kelly's classroom. Let's not even talk about how far behind I am on paperwork for Blue Kitty Designs. We've been eating leftovers every night since Sunday's big party (which was a blast and deserves its own post one of these days) since there's no other food in the house (probably should go grocery shopping). The van's gas tank is almost on E. We have overdue library books, one of which we can't find. The laundry is all clean but needs folded and put away.
On a more postive note, I did shower today (lol), went out to lunch with Steph, made some returns, and deposited money in the bank (to pay the bills mentioned above).
Also? Tom Petty isn't the most motivating of music to download on a day like today. $10.99 later at iTunes and I'm feeling a little too mellow to handle the craziness of it all.
Happy Labor Day!
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