Getting Back to Normal

Wow, it's been a while. I had to take a bit of a hiatus while all of us were sick. Jeff had RSV which was a bit scary and he's finally able to sleep now without coughing all night.

I'm beginning to get back into the swing of things. Spring Fever has set in and I'm anxious to take Jeff to the zoo, go for walks, plant a garden, do landscaping, and deep clean the house. My first task is to get the house in order. I started decluttering some hotspots tonight.

We finally got a check from the insurance company to redo the floors, ect.. but found out last week that they no longer make our flooring. Ya know.. the flooring that we have from one end of the house to the other. I called the insurance guy and he said that if our flooring cannot be found then they will replace all our floors.

Travis had his cast removed last week and he's extremely happy about that.

Alan brought home a wonderful report card, we are so proud of him.

Not much going on other than that. I've read probably 15 books in the last month so I'm anxious to write up some reviews. I'm really anxious to get back into the groove of blogging again.

It's good to be back.

M.I.A

It's never ending!

I've been absent this past week because sickness has hit our house.

My last post I mentioned about everyone's appointments. Well later that night Jeff & Rob woke up with 102 fevers. Rob got better eventually but Jeff never did. I won't go into all the specifics but today we found out he has ear infections and strep throat. We did get some meds so hopefully he'll be feeling better soon. - However, my throat began hurting today so I'm praying that I didn't catch it!

Anyway.... I should be back into posting action tomorrow. I've read a few books that I can't wait to give reviews on.

Have a great night all!

A day of appointments

Travis had a doctor's appointment today with the Orthopedic Surgeon. On the way over he was praying that they would remove his cast. When the doctor asked if Travis had any pain in his thumb Travis quickly replied, "No!" I don't think he would of said yes if his life depended on it. So the cast is off but the high tech splint is on. Travis is on cloud 9 because the doc said playing video games is great therapy for his thumb. Remind me to send a thank you card for the doc for that - Not!

Jeff was up next, he had a dentist appt. this afternoon. It went great - sort of. The great part is that Jeff loves his dentist and did not make a fuss about sitting in the chair and letting the doc look at all of his teeth with the mirror. I think it helped that they have flat screen tvs tilted so you can watch movies while they are looking at your teeth. I wish that was my dentist too!

Anyway, Jeff has to have 5 caps put on his teeth. Sad I know. It's from nursing him to sleep so many nights when he was younger. I had nursed him until right before his 2nd birthday and it damaged his teeth greatly. So next month we are going to take him to the hospital and they are going to put him under while doing all the dental work.

Next on the list was my appointment... with the girls! Paige & Jordan needed help with their Pearl Harbor project. I was exhausted from an entire day out but with a little help from Rob their project was completed.

After everyone left the house and all the boys gone to sleep I collapsed on the couch and watched the AI Wild Card Show. Who the hell let Tatiana back in the building? That girl needs a one way ticket back to crazy town.

Tomorrow is a full day of working and trying to get my house clean. Rob leaves for drill this weekend so just me & the boys again. Think I can send the boys to the Army with Rob and have a weekend to myself?

Few of my favorites

I seriously need to clean out my "favorites". I have at least 100 webpages saved and I probably haven't been to half of them in the past year.

So this is kind of a fluff post, mostly because I feel like I was hit by a mac truck today. But I thought it would be fun and be a way to share a part of my interests with you.

This is a new website I just recently added. I'm not sure if I like it yet or not. www.goop.com

One of my favorite celeb gossip sites. www.dlisted.com

Another celeb gossip site. www.pinkisthenewblog.com

Just a funny website with pretty pictures and good recipes (sometimes she even has great giveaways) http://thepioneerwoman.com/

Great website... if you like romance novels. www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com

You can find some great blogs on this site.. go check them out! http://2009.bloggies.com/

When you are feeling sick and want to find out what crazy third world country disease you have... www.webmd.com Diagnosis yourself and freak out until your doctor tells you it's just the common cold!

One of my all time favorite sites.. www.allrecipes.com

When you are in the mood for drink and need to know how to make it. www.webtender.com

When you are in the mood to find out how to do everything... www.soyouwanna.com

Enjoy web surfing and let me know if you find anything you like! BTW.. how many sites are saved under your favorites?

Antique Mystery Show

Right before we moved into this house I went to an estate tag sale and picked this up for about $200. I thought it was really unique and could make a great conversational piece. Too bad I don't know much about it so there's not much to the conversation!

Everything on it is hand carved and there is a glass overlay on the top. It came with the original lock and seems to be in perfect condition.

Please share with me if you know any information about chests similar to this piece. I know that the previous owners like to travel so I'm assuming this is something they picked up overseas.

Kid in a Candy Store

Today Rob & I went shopping.... alone... kids free....just being a couple. We rarely ever get a free moment where kids aren't screaming at each other or at us. So I jumped at the chance of procuring a babysitter for the day.

For lunch we met my A. Cheri, Mom, and sis Jordan at Olive Garden. It was oh so good! I can't get enough of their salad.

After lunch we did a lot of shopping, mostly buying house stuff. I also bought myself a few items like new shoes, hair stuff, and some new books!!

I am like a kid in a candy store when I'm in a book store. I could spend the entire day there. I get excited just thinking about going. Maybe I should have been a librarian.

Books I purchased today are:

* Dream A Little Dream By: Susan Elizabeth Phillips
* For the Love of Pete By: Julia Harper
* Kiss An Angel By: Susan Elizabeth Phillips
* Ecstasy By: Jacquelyn Frank
* The Warrior Heir By: Cinda Williams Chima
* City of Ashes By: Cassandra Clare

I don't really know much about most of the books listed. Most of them looked like fun and humorous reads. I am very excited to read City of Ashes which is Book 2 in the Mortal Instruments series. I liked the first one, City of Bones, so I have high hopes for this one. I'll be sure to leave a review once I'm finished!

.......So tomorrow is my big cleaning day. I'm wanting to tackle a couple of more hot spots and maybe organize my closet. The boys seem to hord clothes in their room and when they have run out of clean clothes is when they end up in the laundry room. I now have about 100 loads of laundry to do. If you don't hear from me tomorrow I'm probably buried under the mound of jeans!!!

TGIF!!!!

Ok this has been one crazy week and I'm glad it's over! I'm so sorry to my fans that I've been remiss on my daily posts and I will try to correct that asap! ;)

Here is a recap of my week:

Sunday: I had a couple of friends over (Salena & Mary) and their 8 month old babies (Clayton & Jared). They are so cute! - the babies of course. Salena & Mary are cute too I guess but I'm not Katy Perry. Anyway... they went through all of Jeff's baby clothes for their little guys. I was so sad for a few days after that because as a friend pointed out... all of those clothes had memories of when Jeff was a precious tiny baby.

Monday & Tuesday : I worked & kept my house clean. - I'm seriously loving flylady and my clean house!

Wednesday: Mary asked that I watch Jared for her. Jared was a perfect angel and this experience snapped me out of my previous clothes depression. I had a touch of baby fever but after trying to watch Jeff, Jared, and trying to work... baby fever was cured!

Thursday: Alan had a doctor appt. and my mother-in-law was in the hospital so it was a bit of a stressful day. I didn't get a chance to pick up Wednesday night so in a matter of 24 hours my house looks like a cyclone has went through it again.

Friday: Well today hasn't happened but it's gonna be great. Want to know why? Because my tax refund was deposited this morning!!!!

I am going to try working through my writer's block today. I'm wanting to put in some serious time on the book I'm writing. I realized I had made a classic mistake. I have written the first few chapters but I didn't really have an outline set for the book. So I've been working on the outline and plot as well... since ya know books need plots - or so I've heard.

I thought I'd leave you a couple pics of Jeff to brighten your day. Jeff loves to write and draw these days - his favorite thing to draw on is himself. So they other day he walks into the office saying he's a rainbow wearing boots! (He got really upset later during bath time that I was washing off his boots. lol)

Then he put on his favorite costume and watched Blues Clues.