Written 3/11/08
Quick Update-
I don't have the energy to post a full update tonight, because I have been running since 6:30 this morning, and just now finished giving Josh a haircut and getting the boys in bed. But, some of you are waiting to hear about Kyley's spelling bee, so here goes. She did not win. The boy who won, is a 7th grader who won last year and went to nationals representing our county. So he goes again. Good Luck Andrew!!! (That is his name) Our newspaper is the Gaston Gazette, and they had full coverage of the bee, so if anyone is interested check out their website. I think it's www.gastongazette.com
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Who needs the Gym?
Written 3/9/08
There is NEVER enough time to do everything. This is what Rick and I did all day: moved furniture. That's it. Didn't have time to do laundry, didn't have time to give the kids haircuts (which they desperately need). didn't have time to clean house. Nothing just moved furniture, grocery store, dinner, homework. I'll be so sore in the next few days. We finally got all of the stuff and furniture out of Rick's old house, but we have no room until we get a bigger house, so to the shop it went. Except for about 15 bags trash bags full of clothes and toys that I have to go through. Our next yard sale will be a big one.
Rick is not happy, because the kids room in his office now looks like a storage shed. But, better there than in our house. We already have 9 people crammed into 3 bedrooms. I'll be SO happy when we get a bigger place.
We had someone come to the house from hospice that Duke recommended. She came to talk to the kids about dealing with andrew's illness. It was not very productive, because they have been dealing with this for 2.5 years. This would have been really good in the very beginning, when Rick and Andrew were in the hospital, and the girls came to live with me and my kids. At that time the kids needed someone to talk to, to cry to, probably to scream at. Now, not so much. Now they are used to this chaos that we call life. But, since switching to Duke, we are taking advantage of everything that they offer.
We still go up to Duke Wed. for Andrew's neuro-psyc. app. This app. takes 4-5 hours, so we will be spending the night up there. Kyley will be coming with us this time, it's the day after the spelling bee.
I can't believe that I have to go back to work tomorrow, with 15 trash bags in my living room, and not having accomplished what I wanted to this weekend.
I did get Kyley's room done on Sat. though. when she won her school spelling bee, we rewarded her with a room make-over, which is a loft bed that we built the weekend after the bee. I hung curtains and built a shelf for her stuff and TV the following weekend, and I now finished the bottom, with an office area and a dressing area. It is so pretty. She now has the best room (well, half a room) in the house. She also has much desired privacy. Now all the kids want curtains on their bunk-beds. Maybe next weekend...
There is NEVER enough time to do everything. This is what Rick and I did all day: moved furniture. That's it. Didn't have time to do laundry, didn't have time to give the kids haircuts (which they desperately need). didn't have time to clean house. Nothing just moved furniture, grocery store, dinner, homework. I'll be so sore in the next few days. We finally got all of the stuff and furniture out of Rick's old house, but we have no room until we get a bigger house, so to the shop it went. Except for about 15 bags trash bags full of clothes and toys that I have to go through. Our next yard sale will be a big one.
Rick is not happy, because the kids room in his office now looks like a storage shed. But, better there than in our house. We already have 9 people crammed into 3 bedrooms. I'll be SO happy when we get a bigger place.
We had someone come to the house from hospice that Duke recommended. She came to talk to the kids about dealing with andrew's illness. It was not very productive, because they have been dealing with this for 2.5 years. This would have been really good in the very beginning, when Rick and Andrew were in the hospital, and the girls came to live with me and my kids. At that time the kids needed someone to talk to, to cry to, probably to scream at. Now, not so much. Now they are used to this chaos that we call life. But, since switching to Duke, we are taking advantage of everything that they offer.
We still go up to Duke Wed. for Andrew's neuro-psyc. app. This app. takes 4-5 hours, so we will be spending the night up there. Kyley will be coming with us this time, it's the day after the spelling bee.
I can't believe that I have to go back to work tomorrow, with 15 trash bags in my living room, and not having accomplished what I wanted to this weekend.
I did get Kyley's room done on Sat. though. when she won her school spelling bee, we rewarded her with a room make-over, which is a loft bed that we built the weekend after the bee. I hung curtains and built a shelf for her stuff and TV the following weekend, and I now finished the bottom, with an office area and a dressing area. It is so pretty. She now has the best room (well, half a room) in the house. She also has much desired privacy. Now all the kids want curtains on their bunk-beds. Maybe next weekend...
Monday, May 19, 2008
Mother of the Year
Written 3/7/08
This is my story from yesterday: I woke up with Rainia whining that her ear hurts, as I already posted, she stayed home from shcool on Mon and Tue. Wed she was fine, and went back to school coincidentally it was Grand-parents day, and she knew that my mother was going with her and taking her to the book fair. So Thur. morning, all of a sudden she was sick again. So, I wasn't having it. I told her that if she was well enough to go to school on Grand-parents day then she was well enough to go to shcool today. I told her that I was tired of her always trying to stay home, and that she was going to have to repeat 3rd grade from missing so much school. So, off to school she went.
Yesterday was also Brooke's special day. She is getting glasses, and it was time to get the full vision exam and pick out her frames. She, still trying to pull up her grades, decided to go to school in the morning, even though I had to pick her up at 10:00 for her app.
9:00am i received a call from Rainia saying that she was to sick to stay at school. I knew she wouldn't rest until I made her a dr. app. so I called her pediatrician, and they were able to get me in at 11:00, the same time as Brooke's app. fortunately, they happen to be in the same office building, 2 doors apart.
I pick up Rainia, then head over to Brooke's school. I tell Rainia that I'm so upset and if the dr. says that there is nothing wrong with her, she is grounded for the weekend. When I get to Brooke's school, Rainia stayed in the car and on the way out with Brooke, I tell her that Rainia's faking sick, and to go along with what I say.
In the car, we tell Rainia that the eye dr. probably wont let Brooke go in herself, and that her Dad is going to have to leave work and go to her app. with her, which would be terrible, because he would probably pick out the ugliest glasses in the world, thus ruining her life forever.
So we get to Brooke's app. early, I fill out all required paperwork, and she IS able to go into the app. by herself. I explain the situation, and that I will be 2 doors down at the pediatrician's office.
We got over to Rainia's appointment, and guess what? She has an ear-infection and allergies to the point that they recommend prescription medication. She even had a fever. 99.8, to low to catch with the old hand-on-the-forehead thermometer. So now I am feeling like the worst mother ever to exist on the planet. Sorry, sorry, sorry I keep on saying. "See Mommy, I told you my ear hurt" (she is just beaming as she says this, right in front of the dr.) Oh-my. I am not winning the mother of the year award this time around.
We go out to lunch, at Rainia's favorite restaurant, not fast food, maybe as a little sucking up to hasten her forgiveness. We pick out Brooke's glasses, very cute. All of this before 2:00, then it's drop them off at home, and off to work for me.
This is my story from yesterday: I woke up with Rainia whining that her ear hurts, as I already posted, she stayed home from shcool on Mon and Tue. Wed she was fine, and went back to school coincidentally it was Grand-parents day, and she knew that my mother was going with her and taking her to the book fair. So Thur. morning, all of a sudden she was sick again. So, I wasn't having it. I told her that if she was well enough to go to school on Grand-parents day then she was well enough to go to shcool today. I told her that I was tired of her always trying to stay home, and that she was going to have to repeat 3rd grade from missing so much school. So, off to school she went.
Yesterday was also Brooke's special day. She is getting glasses, and it was time to get the full vision exam and pick out her frames. She, still trying to pull up her grades, decided to go to school in the morning, even though I had to pick her up at 10:00 for her app.
9:00am i received a call from Rainia saying that she was to sick to stay at school. I knew she wouldn't rest until I made her a dr. app. so I called her pediatrician, and they were able to get me in at 11:00, the same time as Brooke's app. fortunately, they happen to be in the same office building, 2 doors apart.
I pick up Rainia, then head over to Brooke's school. I tell Rainia that I'm so upset and if the dr. says that there is nothing wrong with her, she is grounded for the weekend. When I get to Brooke's school, Rainia stayed in the car and on the way out with Brooke, I tell her that Rainia's faking sick, and to go along with what I say.
In the car, we tell Rainia that the eye dr. probably wont let Brooke go in herself, and that her Dad is going to have to leave work and go to her app. with her, which would be terrible, because he would probably pick out the ugliest glasses in the world, thus ruining her life forever.
So we get to Brooke's app. early, I fill out all required paperwork, and she IS able to go into the app. by herself. I explain the situation, and that I will be 2 doors down at the pediatrician's office.
We got over to Rainia's appointment, and guess what? She has an ear-infection and allergies to the point that they recommend prescription medication. She even had a fever. 99.8, to low to catch with the old hand-on-the-forehead thermometer. So now I am feeling like the worst mother ever to exist on the planet. Sorry, sorry, sorry I keep on saying. "See Mommy, I told you my ear hurt" (she is just beaming as she says this, right in front of the dr.) Oh-my. I am not winning the mother of the year award this time around.
We go out to lunch, at Rainia's favorite restaurant, not fast food, maybe as a little sucking up to hasten her forgiveness. We pick out Brooke's glasses, very cute. All of this before 2:00, then it's drop them off at home, and off to work for me.
Update
Written 3/5/08
We are discussing Rick not going on Andrew and Kyley's 5th grade field-trip. As I previously mentioned, the trip is $400 a piece. Kyley's trip is paid for (TGF child-support.) We still owe $100 on Andrew's trip and $300 on Rick's. The things that Rick does for Andrew are: pick his clothes, help him get dressed, fix his breakfast (even cereal), wash his hair, brush his hair, tie his shoes. When Andrew is not doing well, he really doesn't have the coordination or balance to complete these tasks. With his right arm and hand that don't function, everyday activities are work for him. But, we are wondering if he could do most of this stuff on his own right now, given how well he is doing. The only thing that I think he wouldn't be able to accomplish one-handed is tying his shoes, and there is always velcro. The expiration date for having the trips paid for has already come and gone, and we do not foresee an extra $400 right now.
Rainia is over her virus and headed back to school, but now Josh is sick. Since the boys are still in daycare, when 1 is sick we let the other stay home. But next year they will have a rude awakening when they will be going to kindergarden. They will have to get used to being apart, as we can't allow them to stay home just for the sake of not being without eachother.
Kyley has had a very exciting week. She decided to make contact with her biological father, whom she has never met. She has been talking about it for a couple of years, and I always told her that whenever she was ready, I would do all that I could to get his contact information. Well, I guess she finally got over her fear of rejection, and decided that now is the time. She e-mailed him, and guess what? He wrote back!!! She is so happy. I'm really excited for her.
I always feel like there is not enough time in the day to do everything that I need to do. With all of these kids, the house, my job, my other job, and a wedding, I don't know how to do everything.
We are discussing Rick not going on Andrew and Kyley's 5th grade field-trip. As I previously mentioned, the trip is $400 a piece. Kyley's trip is paid for (TGF child-support.) We still owe $100 on Andrew's trip and $300 on Rick's. The things that Rick does for Andrew are: pick his clothes, help him get dressed, fix his breakfast (even cereal), wash his hair, brush his hair, tie his shoes. When Andrew is not doing well, he really doesn't have the coordination or balance to complete these tasks. With his right arm and hand that don't function, everyday activities are work for him. But, we are wondering if he could do most of this stuff on his own right now, given how well he is doing. The only thing that I think he wouldn't be able to accomplish one-handed is tying his shoes, and there is always velcro. The expiration date for having the trips paid for has already come and gone, and we do not foresee an extra $400 right now.
Rainia is over her virus and headed back to school, but now Josh is sick. Since the boys are still in daycare, when 1 is sick we let the other stay home. But next year they will have a rude awakening when they will be going to kindergarden. They will have to get used to being apart, as we can't allow them to stay home just for the sake of not being without eachother.
Kyley has had a very exciting week. She decided to make contact with her biological father, whom she has never met. She has been talking about it for a couple of years, and I always told her that whenever she was ready, I would do all that I could to get his contact information. Well, I guess she finally got over her fear of rejection, and decided that now is the time. She e-mailed him, and guess what? He wrote back!!! She is so happy. I'm really excited for her.
I always feel like there is not enough time in the day to do everything that I need to do. With all of these kids, the house, my job, my other job, and a wedding, I don't know how to do everything.
CNA
Written 3/2/08
Well, like I said, if it's not one thing, it's another. Now Rainia is throwing up with a high fever. She probably got it from the ER yesterday. So, another missed day of school tomorrow, and another virus to be passed through all 9 of us. AAAUUUGGG!!! Plus, she is sooo needy when she is sick. More so than anyone. She actually called me into her room from across the house to hand her the drink that was at the other side of the bed. NOT!
Well, like I said, if it's not one thing, it's another. Now Rainia is throwing up with a high fever. She probably got it from the ER yesterday. So, another missed day of school tomorrow, and another virus to be passed through all 9 of us. AAAUUUGGG!!! Plus, she is sooo needy when she is sick. More so than anyone. She actually called me into her room from across the house to hand her the drink that was at the other side of the bed. NOT!
The toe
Written 3/2/08
If it's not one thing, it's another. We spent the day in the ER yesterday with Rainia, her big-toe is infected under the nail. Why do things always happen on the weekends or evenings when the drs. office is closed, so that we have to spend 4-5 hrs. in the ER? The Dr. said there was no cause to her infection, sometimes these thing just happen. Sent home with a RX for anti-biotic. Brooke needs glasses! We have an app. with eye-doc. on Thur. Nothing else too exciting in the last couple of days. But, I will leave you with another Jakeism.
Me: "Jake, I love you sooo much because you're so smart and funny!"
Jake: "Mommy, I love you sooo much, because you're so hot!"
There is something seriously wrong with this. This is what daycare does? Or maybe having 5 older siblings.
If it's not one thing, it's another. We spent the day in the ER yesterday with Rainia, her big-toe is infected under the nail. Why do things always happen on the weekends or evenings when the drs. office is closed, so that we have to spend 4-5 hrs. in the ER? The Dr. said there was no cause to her infection, sometimes these thing just happen. Sent home with a RX for anti-biotic. Brooke needs glasses! We have an app. with eye-doc. on Thur. Nothing else too exciting in the last couple of days. But, I will leave you with another Jakeism.
Me: "Jake, I love you sooo much because you're so smart and funny!"
Jake: "Mommy, I love you sooo much, because you're so hot!"
There is something seriously wrong with this. This is what daycare does? Or maybe having 5 older siblings.
lactose intolerant
Written 3/1/08
Make-a-Wish called and asked to reschedule. The woman coming out has her daughter visiting for a surprise visit from Iraq. That was fine with us, because 9:00 on Sat. morning is a hard time for our bunch. By hard I mean still in bed.
I had Rick laughing about reading the post about Jake. He sure is a handful. Example-
"Mommy, is ask a cuss word?"
"No, Jake"
"Well, Andrew sure is a smart ask!"
"Jacob! you cant say that!"
"Why mommy? Is smart a cuss word?"
Or a recent conversation he had with Rick when he didn't get his way.
Jake: "I hate you!"
Rick: "Jacob that's not a nice thing to say."
Jake: "Well, then I hate milk, and YOU'RE milk!"
Make-a-Wish called and asked to reschedule. The woman coming out has her daughter visiting for a surprise visit from Iraq. That was fine with us, because 9:00 on Sat. morning is a hard time for our bunch. By hard I mean still in bed.
I had Rick laughing about reading the post about Jake. He sure is a handful. Example-
"Mommy, is ask a cuss word?"
"No, Jake"
"Well, Andrew sure is a smart ask!"
"Jacob! you cant say that!"
"Why mommy? Is smart a cuss word?"
Or a recent conversation he had with Rick when he didn't get his way.
Jake: "I hate you!"
Rick: "Jacob that's not a nice thing to say."
Jake: "Well, then I hate milk, and YOU'RE milk!"
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