Wonderful Morning

This morning was horrible. I went in the girls’ room to get Zoe out of the crib, and I guess I woke Caitlin up. Caitlin says in a very grumpy voice, “Momma, you woke me up!” I said well yeah… there’s school today!

She received a new pair of pants and a matching shirt for her birthday. I thought they might be a little big, so I asked her nicely to please try them on. Caitlin did not want to put them on. So I told her she would go to school in her pajamas! She said “But mom today is not pajama day”. I told her “I guess you should get dressed then”. She barely got one leg in before complaining that they were way too long. I said yes, but they might be different if you are in them standing up! She yelled at me that they were too big and going to fall down again before she even had them on. So, since it was going to be nice out today, I went and got her a pair of her Capri’s. She put those on, and then complained that they were way too short! I told her that they are supposed to be that way, but she insisted that her legs were cold. FINE. So I found her a regular pair of plain jeans. She still had the short sleeve shirt on, and then complained about how her arms were going to be cold.

Well then her socks were the wrong kind. Her coat was too big. Her shoes were hard to get on; I hurt her hair when I brushed it. The stool she stands on was scary. It tickled when I brushed her teeth. I got tooth paste on her mouth. We are going to be late for school (she said it not me, we still had 30 minutes and the school is two minutes away). I could do nothing right this morning. She even said “I don’t like you mommy”.

But the second we got down stairs to see Carol & Ron, things changed. She was happy; smile on her face, her whole attitude was different.

bleh!

Yesterday I felt rather sick. I was stuffy, yet runny nose, my head felt like it weighted a hundred pounds. In the morning, I took Dayquil cold/flu. Then in the afternoon, I took more. I also took some Sudafed. Seemed like neither worked, because I still felt horrible. After I went and picked Caitlin up from school, I was down right miserable. The kids wanted cold cereal for dinner, and I was not going to argue. That’s about all I felt I could make anyways.

I put the kids to bed a bit early, don’t worry, they have a TV. I should have moved the van after I put them to bed, but I was just too sick. I ended up taking some Benadryl around 6ish. Well I kept feeling cold, so I bundled up with pajama pants, and a sweatshirt. I took a permanent place on the couch with three blankets. I continued to shiver. Finally around 8pm, I took my temperature. It was 101.6. That makes me wonder what it was before I took the Benadryl!

My fever must have broke sometime during the night because I woke up feeling a lot better. Still not 100%, but 80% better then last night when I was miserable and shivering on the couch!

(dont worry, I did end up moving the van around 10pm even though I still felt like I was floating... So no ticket!)

Five reasons why I LOVE staying home with my girls

1 I get to see silly little things that happen during the day. Like Zoe running down the hallway and stopping just to wiggle her butt, then back to running.

2 I get to see Caitlin play with her leap pad and how far she has come with it. At first it used to be tapping to see what she could make it do. Now she actually plays the games, and lets the thing read to her.

3 Today when I went to get Zoe up from her nap, I saw her drawing on the leap pad. I had to take a picture of it once I saw it. It was so cute!

4 I can watch the kids play and listen to their little conversations they have as they play with their toys. It’s amazing the things they pick up on when other adults are talking. They tend to use their new little words and phrases when they are playing.

5 I get to hear things like MOM I don’t like you because you make me sad because you told me to pick up in my room. Or Mom I really love you. You’re the greatest mom ever. Its funny to hear one thing then the other!

Monday blue Monday

Today was an okay day. I took Caitlin to school while Carol watched Zoe at the bakery. Zoe and I came up stairs, as I watched the news, she played with the newest addition to our “Littlest Pet Shop” toys. We took a nap, and then when we got up, I got to chat online with my hubby!

I was getting ready to go wake up Zoe from her second nap, and realized she was pretty much out. So I called Ron to see if he could pick up Caitlin from preschool.

Then dinner, kids in bed, chattered with hubby some more, then watched 24. Now I am hoping to chat with hubby a bit more before I go to bed!

Sunday March 2nd 2006

Well Friday Tonys parents Randall & Kim came to visit for the weekend! It was so nice having other adults around!! I probably talked their ear off and then some though...

Satuday Kim & I went shopping for the usual diapers, wipes, and stuff. My trash can lid had broke, so its useless now, and Kim bought me a new one! Thank you again Kim!!! She also got me a ton of adhesive. Im a bit mad about the adhesive because I have done nothing but fight with it to get it to work! Monday morning I am calling the company! Grr dont sell a product if it doesnt work..

Today was Caitlins 5th birthday, and her party actually fell on it. We had her party at Ron & Carols house. It was a good day! I thought my grandmother would be asking me where Tony is a zillion times, she only asked twice! I guess Ron called her the other day, and she told him that I did not tell her that the party was at R&Cs house. I know I did, that was the whole point of me calling them the other day!! Grr she told EVERYONE that I did not tell her... Ugh Old age better not fnd me...

You can find pictures from the birthday party over in my "family photos" in my links!

Weekend

I did a ton of scrap booking this weekend. I told my mother in law that I would have some pages for their never ending book. I ended up making nine pages for all four albums that I fill. Ron, Carol, John, Diane, and Brad should all be happy for the add on too.

Today is Caitlin’s 5^th birthday. We are having her party at Ron and Carol’s house around noon. I love my kid’s parties. So far, its just family, Ill starts the “kid” parties after she gets into kindergarten.

Caitlin kept telling me she wanted The Littlest Petshop mice. I told her I don’t think they make those. Well turns out that they DO make them. I found them on EBay and ordered them. They came on Thursday via post office. I can not wait until she sees them! She will be so happy, or disappointment, who knows.

Update for the week ... sorta

My mother in law pointed out to me today that I have not updated my blog since Monday. Oops! So sorry devoted readers of my blog! So here is a recap of the week! :D

Caitlin is always asking me to take her picture. So the other day when she was watching TV, I took her picture. Several times; and Spots picture also. She was watching Scooby Doo, Zoe was sleeping, I was scrap booking, and the cats, as usual, were sleeping.

When I went to the doctor for my bruises, he did some blood work. He called and left a message that my blood work looked normal but one level of something was a bit off and to call him if I get more bruises. When I was in the shower on Monday, I noticed that my bruising came back, in the same spot. So I called and talked with his nurse today and she told me to make an appointment with the Hematologist. So I have an appointment April 13^th for that.

Tony got hired for a job at the Finish Line on Tuesday. It was weird because I had a strange feeling that day. I can not describe it, it was just different and I knew something was going to happen that day but was not sure what. I guess Tony also had that feeling when he walked past the store. They let him apply on the spot even though you are supposed to apply online since they don’t open until Friday. Awesome. My husband has a job!!

Yesterday when I got home from picking Caitlin up from preschool, I checked the phone to see if anyone called. Well I saw that Ron & Carol called, so I returned their call. They told me we are moving the birthday party to their house on Sunday. It’s easier for Grandma Helen and Jodi to have it there. Also my grandparents are getting up there in age too. We decided that we are going to have spaghetti and meatballs with some garlic bread, and sandwiches for those who do not like the main meal. I’m kind of excited because I found a super easy recipe for cream puffs and I plan to make some for the party.

UFO?

I have been waking up in the middle of the night for no particular reason at all. I was sitting in the kitchen window around 11:50 looking at the stars. I love the stars. I hope to own a ginormous telescope some day. Anyways, as I was looking up at the sky, I saw the strangest thing. There were two lights, kind of orange, that went streaking across the sky. There were no fans, or anything else making noise outside, so I know it was NOT an airplane or helicopter.

Another long day

And its not even close to beining over with...

Today was another long day of Caitlin and Zoe picking on each other. I asked Caitlin to pick up in her room while I made lunch. I didn’t have the light on in the kitchen and Zoe was right behind me when the light turned on. Then I heard Caitlin run back to her room. When I went in there, she said “Mom the kitchen light turned on all by itself!” Yeah okay whatever. UGH!

After lunch, I put Zoe down for a much needed nap then put a movie in for Caitlin. I went to go lay down too! A few minutes after I fell asleep, Caitlin came in and told me she was hungry. I told her she had to wait until dinner to get something to eat. Again, just after I fell asleep, she came in and woke me up and told me someone was at the door. So I got up and rushed to the door, where nobody was. If someone had came to the door, usually they knock more then once, and even if they had then left, the bottom door would not have closed until a minute or so after they left through it.

I do not know how to deal with her “story” telling. It is getting out of hand. Either stuff happens by itself, or Zoe did it. It is very frustrating.

New

I added another album to my photobucket. This one has digital scrapbooking pages that I have done!

Take me to this new album!


Thanks for taking the time to look at my new found hobby!

I am weird

I totally have OCD. I can not let my stamps get out of place. They are categorized by size of the box, then the name. I had to move around some stuff because I got new stamps and had to move some other stuff off of this shelf because I could not put the small boxes on top of the larger boxes.

I can not let fabric get pilly. I must take my fabric shaver to it and get them all of. I spent 30 minutes on Zoes mattress pad. I also do this to the couch. I love our couch but it is very high maintenance.

Some days I have to go through our pantry and organize the food and cans. Label out, all in a nice row, veggies on the bottom, fruits and canned meals and soups on the next, snacks on third, and going from the other direction, cold cereal then noodles, then boxed meals and mixes. They all have to be in a nice straight line, none out of their place.

We have three large drawers in our bathroom. The top one is for hair things only. The second one is usually only for diapers and wipes, but a couple of Kleenex boxes snuck in there. The bottom drawer has toilet paper and other various toiletries. The toilet paper MUST be in a straight line even if there is extra room in there. I like to keep it full, because then it has no choice but to be in a straight line.

My desktop icons, the very few that I actually do have on there, must be all lined up and in order by name.

My new desk must be cleaned off all the time. I wipe the top of it down at least once a day, sometimes more then four times. Depends on how many hand prints my kids and I get on it.

The Propel in our fridge must be lined up perfectly, but only if there is a case or two in there. Other wise they just get thrown in any old way.

My pillows go in the same spot every night on the bed. One way for when I am playing my game boy, another for when I am sleeping.

I dust once a week, sometimes two times even though the house is a complete disaster.

I hate fingerprints on the coffee table and end table, and on the windows. Do not touch the windows! Do not draw in your spit on the windows (Zoe)!

I have a folder in My Documents called LISTS. There are several lists in there.

Stress

I am so stressed out right now, I think I have caused myself to be sick. I have a massive headache that will not go away. Every little noise makes my head pound. I took some motrin, and some aleve, and its still here.

I know what is causing my stress, and yet I dont have any control over it.

Monday

Days are completly different when Caitlin is in school. Zoe doesnt say much, she plays by herself, reads books, all kinds of things. She doesnt yell at me. She is just as demanding as Caitlin, but completly different.

Here is a super cute photo I took of Zoe this afternoon when she was flipping through this Disney book.

Just minutes after I took this picture, Zoe demanded I take out her pony tails.

WOW to zero in one day

Today was extremely boring.

Except my kids. Im soo happy there is school tomorrow!

Zoe screamed, cryed, and whined all morning.

Then in the after noon...

"MOM Zoe pulled my hair"
"Mommm Zoe hit me"
"Mommm Zoe threw something at me"
"MOmmm Zoe took a cup in here and dumped on the floor"
"MOMMMMM Zoe took away my toy"
"MOmmmmmmmm Zoe did this"
"Mom Zoe did that"

UGHhhh LOL

They went to bed early. VERY early.

Mmm Peace!

WOW Lots of stuff going on…

… Jodi went back into the hospital last night for seizures and was transported to Marshfield this morning, so Ron and Carol are headed down there today to be with her, she has tests on Monday & Tuesday

… I talked to my Grandma Lill and she is moving into an assisted living apartment complex. She is 86 and I guess she is going down hill. Grandma spent a couple of weeks in the hospital this month.

… My dads phone is disconnected. I tried to call him about Caitlin’s birthday party!

… My aunt from Colorado is coming tomorrow to help get Grandmas stuff organized and weeded out since she will have less space in her new apartment. I think she will be here to help move and stuff also.

… Last night after I fell asleep, Zoe came into my room and woke me up. I guess she learned how to climb out of her crib! Great! NOTHING is safe from Zoe now! Id put up a baby gate, but that doesn’t do much good when Caitlin just takes it down when she wants to go where ever. We never had to deal with Caitlin crawling out of her crib since she was in a toddler bed at nine months old. She was walking and talking and would get her arms and legs stuck in the bars, so it was good for her then.

… I have clean dishes. I have no dirty dishes! This is amazing! I always have dirty dishes, but now I have none.

… I went through a bunch of stuff in our storage room. I moved the dresser back into my room so I have room to actually move in there when I am sorting through stuff!

… I took out the trash on my own; TWICE. All by myself! I still have desk parts that need to go to the trash, but give it time.

… I left the house today. I had to meet someone in Trego to give the rollerblades. She contacted me through freecycle. I like freecycle even though some people are weird. They ask for lots of stuff. Greedy people I tell ya! Also, I thought that the group I was in was for people in OUR area. The lady who wants the other rollerblades lives in Eau Claire. That’s almost two hours away from here. She would meet me in Rice Lake, but sheesh, that’s too far to drive to GIVE someone a pair of rollerblades!

… My children are pushing my buttons today. They keep getting into the pantry and bringing food in their room. The bad part is, I am sitting right here and I can see when they come and go from the kitchen but I have not seen them take any food! Sneaky little squirrels! Zoe has also started to dump her milk by squeezing the lid on the sippy cup.

Day 11 & 12

I would have posted this YESTERDAY, but blogger was down.

Day 11

Today went rather well. Ok well the MORNING went rather well. I took Caitlin to school and Zoe and I came home. I put Zoe down for a nap and was about to get into the shower when the phone rang. “Christy, this is Pastor Tony. Jodi just collapsed on the floor”. Ok so I go wake Zoe up and zoom down the stairs, stop at the bakery for an orange juice (Jodi is diabetic) then headed to the church. It is only about five minutes away, but that seemed like for ever. When I got there Jodi was on the floor, awake but not really with it. Soon after I got there, she started seizing. I told them to call the ambulance. The ambulance took FOREVER to get there. She seized the entire time. Once they got there, she sort of came out of it, but was really dazed (as she is when she has had a seizure.). They took her to the hospital; I had to go meet them there. I went to the bakery and said I need a sitter NOW, any one got any ideas? LOL of course! They all wanted Zoe. So that was out of the way. I went to the hospital where Jodi was already in a bed. Shortly after me getting there, she started to siueze again. They had already given her an IV for some fluids, so they pushed some valium. They called her main clinic, and the neurologist was not available to talk to the ER doctor. So he called up to another bigger hospital for a second opinion type thing. After 45 minutes, she finally stopped seizing. It was kind of weird because shortly after Pastor Tony had arrived is when it stopped.

Finally she got released after an hour of no seizures, so we went and picked up Caitlin from preschool (I knew I was going to be late so I called and had her put in after school day care) then went and got Mc Donald’s.

We were home, we ate dinner, and everything was fine. I tried to get a hold of R&C because they landed at the airport at 2:30pm. I could not get a hold of them so I called Carols sister to find out what hotel they were at. She did not know, and told me to call Carols son, John. He did not remember the name of the hotel either. LOL great.

After dinner, Jodi said she was going to go get her blanket and pillow and rest in the chair. Just as she got her stuff on the chair, she flopped out of her chair onto the floor. She was not conscious when I went over to see if she was okay. Soon after, she came to. I called Carols sister back and told her what had happened again. A few minutes after I called her, she called back and said her and John were going to come admit Jodi into the hospital just to be on the safe side.

So here I am with no Jodi to sit and an empty house. I went home for the night. BLEH!

Day 12

R&C got home this afternoon around 12:30. They would have been back sooner, but when they went to go leave, the van would not start! The battery was dead! They had to get a jump start. I kept tring to call their cell phones. Carol put hers in her suit case, then she could not find it when they went to leave London. She found it finally an hour after being home. I asked Ron where HIS cell phone was, he said in his truck! LOL

I am home now. Its really weird. Tony is not in bed sleeping, or getting ready for work. The house just has a strange feling like something is missing. Good thing I know what is missing, my husband! Wow do I miss him! I really hate being up here in Wisconsin and him being in Iowa, but it is something that needs to be done. The fact that we are so far away might be good for us. It will give us a new found apreciation for each other! Everyone can use a little wake up call once in a while!

I can not wait to move to Iowa. I am so excited. I can not wait to be around Tony again. I cant wait until we get there. MIL & FIL will have so much fun with the girls! I can not wait to move, but I am dreading the actual "moving of the stuff" part.

OK.. Im done!

Day 10

Day 10

Wednesday was okay I guess. I took Caitlin to school, and then went home with Zoe while Tony packed for his move to Iowa. I am going to miss him. Even though he doesn’t help out around the house much and I end up picking up after him, he still does take out the trash, cooks once in a while, and spends time with me. I will miss his company the most.

When I was at home trying to get everything clean and stuff done, Jodi called. “I’m really dizzy, help me” Um ok... your dizzy what do you want ME to do about it? I told her to go lay down IN HER BED. That way if she does pass out, she won’t fall on the floor. Well I guess one of the ladies downstairs ended up calling to see how she was doing, and Jodi said “Not good, I am really dizzy and can not get dressed.” She did NOT tell ME that she could not get dressed. I would have run over there and helped her if she had told me. But she didn’t.

So after asking her several questions later in the day, she told me her dr gave her vicodin for her shoulder. Then after many more questions, she told me it was for her knee. Later she told me that it was for her back. I asked her if she took it everyday. She answered with “Well it says as needed” I asked her again if she took it every day. She finally said yes. WTF? She takes it EVERY DAY? I asked for how long… Since she was in the mental ward last year. OMG. You mean to tell me she’s been taking it EVERYDAY since October/ November?? Geez

Day 9

Tuesday was weird again. We went home to spend some time together as a family and for me to get some more house work done. I get a call right away in the morning. "My laundry hamper is too heavy. I cant move it, I need some help". Okay... Take half of the laundry out, haul it to the laundry room, then go back for the other half. "Well... um... hmm... its heavy." Okay.. I tell her she is an adult, she can handle that. Few hours later, I get another phone call. "i am dizzy.. very dizzy" ...Well what do you want me to do? She checked her blood sugar, and it was fine, so it was not that. Seriously. What else could I do? I told her to go lay down for a nap.

We travel back to R&C's house in the early afternoon. Jodi was still taking a nap. That did not suprise me much considering she slept all day on Sunday and Monday.

Before dinner, I went to go take a nap. Just as I fall asleep, I hear Tony calling for me. I kept saying What? Whats wrong? as I was walking up the steps. No one answered as to what was wrong. Well I guess, according to Jodi, she passed out and fell to the floor. According to Tony, she FLOPPED out of her chair (last i knew, you go limp when you pass out, so FLOPPING out of the chair is just ... well... weird) onto the floor. So much for my nap. Yes. I know that was a bit selfish of me to think about my nap, but when someone says the "passed out" and someone who I trust the truth from, tells me she "flopped out of her chair onto the floor"... Hmm ... Well I guess when Tony was on the floor saying her name, he grabed her hand, she grabed his, then let go all of a sudden like OMG Im busted, or some shit.

I just have a really hard time beliving what she says. She tends to lie to get her way. I know most of the reason she called about the laundry and then later about being dizzy was her tring to get us back there. Then when we did get back, she went on and on about how she misses her mom and Ron. So that kind of confirmed what i thought.

Again, I am going to say this. I do NOT have to be there 24 hours a day to "babysit" her. Her mom even lets her be home alone for many hours at a time. R&C told me and her that I do not have to sit there with her all day.

Day 8

Today was weird. It snowed a lot... about 8 inches or so. Not like thats a big deal because we DO live in Wisconsin. School was delayed two hours even though all the schools around here were closed. The owner of the preschool called around 7ish this morning to tell me preschool was closed, good thing too because I would have taken Caitlin to school. Last time we got a bunch of snow, I called to see if there still was preschool, she told me yes, as long as the schools have regular school, there will be preschool. I wasnt sure about the delay, so I was just going to take Caitlin in at 10. Good thing she called.

Jodi turns weird when ever my husband is around. Im not sure why, but it just happens. She did her normal blurbing out stuff that no one needs to know, then felt the need to make up for it for the rest of the day. After making Tony feel like shit, I chewed her out. I did not yell, I just was very firm in what I said. When I was finished, I told her at least three times NOT to applogize to Tony because it would just upset him more.

I love my husband so much. I wish R&C would realize just how much I really do love him. I can honestly say I truely am still IN love with him. He does so much for the girls and I. I try to thank him for what he does for us, but I do not as often as I should. He is my rock. Why dont they see this?? I wish I could just tell them to lay off. I am not sure how they would react if I did say something, but I really wish I had the guts to say anything. Maybe after we make our complete move, then I will be able to say something since we wont be living under their "roof". It is down right exhausting being caught in the middle. I love them too. They have done so much for me before I met and married Tony. They continue to help now and then. I will never be able to repay them for all they have done for me and my family. I guess thats why it is so hard to say ... anything.

I really can not wait to get home. I miss our little home. Even though it is an apartment, it is our home. Any where we end up, as long as we are together, will be our home. Yes I know what I just said about us being together is what makes it a home, but I feel so out of place here. Its not OURS, if you know what I mean. Its not our bed we are sleeping in, its not our couch we are sitting on, its not our TV that we are watching, we do not have the same closeness here as we do at home. I feel like we have to tip toe all around here. I am in the "red" room right now. I was told not to come in here. Why I am not sure. But here I am, because this is where the internet connection is. Why can we not be in this room? I dunno. whatever.

I can not wait to have a conversation with my husband when there are no nosy ears listening to every little word we whisper. Jodi is so nosy about everything. I cant even go outside at night with out hearing "Oh I heard you go outside last night at *insert time here*" ... SO WHAT! I went out side. big freakin deal. Stop watching the clock! Grrr

We dont have a TV in our bedroom at home. All the tv watching we do is in our living room. The girls have a TV in their room. So Tony and I were taking advantage of having a bedroom with a TV when we hear this strange noise. Then we see Jodis head peek around the corner of the door. She brought me my laundry. She folded my laundry. As if it were another guesture to "applogize" for her earlier behavior. I felt like MY space was invaded. She never comes down stairs, partly because she is in a friggen wheelchair... AND there is nothing down here that she needs to get at. Why is she so damn nosy?? UGh...

*** Four very long days left

Day 7

Unevenful. Sort of. More later.