This won't be a long post, as I am just way to tired to think to clearly at this moment in time... A storm is brewing over head and the movie 2012 is playing on the television. My eye lids are getting weaker, but I just feel I owe you all a post as to not leave you hanging so long...
We found another home to look and I really like this house (or at least the pictures of it) and I can't wait till we go look at it. As long as things are good I think this may be the one and I am so excited about that! Its perfect. The colors in the house are already great and I don't think there will be much painting going on, because the living room, family room, kitchen and dining room are all painted so beautifully already!! I hope it looks as good in person as the pictures show!
I was looking at a few sales adds today at my grandmas house, because for some reason we dont get any of the good ones at our house (either that or I'm not looking good enough). But I found so many things I like for the new house once we get it (if we get it). I was also looking at some magizines today, I am so getting tired of looking at magizines right now. My grandma got me a subscription to redbook and to parents magizine and I have held on to most of them, right now you are probably thinking omg shes a hoarder. I guess in a way I kinda sorta am. I don't keep them forever. I go through my magizines, rip out any good articles that I think I may want to read later or products I really want to try and I save those instead of the entire magazine. Well its been a while since I have done this so I have a HUGE stack of magazines to go through right now and I am pretty much getting bored and tired of doing so. Oh and not to worry those that are crunchy because I know magazines kill so many trees I am recycling all my magazines along with any unused avon books and such.
Well that is my quick little post
Have an Oh So Wonderful Night!
Catrina
Showing posts with label randomness. Show all posts
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Babies aren't the only ones that have teeth pain!
Okay obviously its been forever since I had a cavity filled because I don't ever remember having to get my mouth numbed and then a shot to get a tooth filled before. Okay don't look at me badly but I'm gonna be completely honest with you all right now... Its been 5 years since I was last in to see the dentist. The reason being? We got to the point were we couldn't afford the dentist bills, I loved my dentist and he excepted our insurance but he wasn't in our network so it cost a lot for us to go to the dentist. So at that point I decided that our kids teeth were more important so we continued to take them to the dentist. I still took care of my teeth but just didnt visit the dentist.
We switched dentist lately and yea! I was actually able to go to the dentist finally. They said my teeth were in good shape for not going to the dentist for so long. But I had a small cavity starting, today I got my cavity filled. OMG that was painful!! A) I HATE shots!! B) I forgot about getting the filling, and went to eat dinner and OUCH!!
The diet is going better I am sticking to it a lot more, and pushing myself harder. I just wish I had more energy! I am SO tired all the time and feel like I never get enough sleep.
Okay yes I am jumping from subject to subject here but does anyone else have a child that is afraid of everything (and I mean every thing!), well one of the many things one of my children are afraid of is the dark, she hates to be alone in the dark (like her room at bed time) but yet she sleeps with a sleeping mask over her eyes! Does this make since? It sure in the hell doesn't make since to me!
Well I'm gonna rest.
Have am Oh So Wonderful Night!
Catrinar
We switched dentist lately and yea! I was actually able to go to the dentist finally. They said my teeth were in good shape for not going to the dentist for so long. But I had a small cavity starting, today I got my cavity filled. OMG that was painful!! A) I HATE shots!! B) I forgot about getting the filling, and went to eat dinner and OUCH!!
The diet is going better I am sticking to it a lot more, and pushing myself harder. I just wish I had more energy! I am SO tired all the time and feel like I never get enough sleep.
Okay yes I am jumping from subject to subject here but does anyone else have a child that is afraid of everything (and I mean every thing!), well one of the many things one of my children are afraid of is the dark, she hates to be alone in the dark (like her room at bed time) but yet she sleeps with a sleeping mask over her eyes! Does this make since? It sure in the hell doesn't make since to me!
Well I'm gonna rest.
Have am Oh So Wonderful Night!
Catrinar
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Randomness
This may be a TMI post, but don't worry I don't get into to much detail.
The other day I posted that I had taken #3 into the ER for an ear infection on Sunday night, it was a late night for us because of this, I was so happy with the though of going to bed early on Monday night. But things didn't turn out the way I wanted them to... as bed time drew closer I started feeling the need to pee more often then the pain began. I'd pee, it hurt and then instant relief then the next thing I knew I was in pain again and felt the urge to pee again, I knew what was going on I was getting a urinary tract infection, and it didn't feel good (one bit). I started drinking more water hoping to fill my bladder and ease the pain. Nope not gonna happen! Finally I couldn't take the pain anymore and took myself into the ER, they ran their test and sure enough I had a UTI and a pretty bad one at that (how in the world it got that bad that quick I have no clue), but thankfully they gave me antibiotics and pain meds to help. Oh Thank You for the pain meds!! Because I don't think I could have slept that night without them. But unfortunately I still didn't get home till after 1am! There was no way I was going to be able to nap Tuesday either since I had to take Carly to the doctors for her 9 month check up and then Kara to have her ears checked because her ear drum ruptured and was bleeding, then we had to go get groceries. So yeah it was a bit of a busy one for me. Until this UTI is gone I am kinda off my diet, I'm still watching what I eat for the most part and exercising but did you know that cranberry juice has 120 calories per 8oz? Yeah totally and I have to drink a lot of it according to the doctors. The nurse said I need to drink A LOT of water, cranberry juice and frozen lemonade. She informed me that I needed to drink so much that I should be floating! That's a lot to drink! Especially when you are not really even thirsty, I'm thankful for Trop 50 because they have lemonade, and lemonade makes me even more thirsty so that helps a little. I'm so glad that the meds started working fast though!
On another note have you ever heard of Pinterest? Well if you haven't once your done reading this you should go and check it out and become addicted, as I and many (MANY) others have. Well my very first time I checked it out I seen something very interesting, ice cream bread, yeah I know sounds weird doesn't it, well click here for the recipe and then go pick out your favorite ice cream and try it! Because its the easiest recipe EVER!! I decided yesterday to try it. I picked out two ice creams Edy's French Silk (which by the way is very good ice cream!!) and Thin Mint.
Well the French Silk ice cream bread went over well with my family and they finished it off pretty quickly. The Thin Mint is pretty good but taste better with a little bit of butter on it. Defiantly something very easy to try and good.
On to another subject - Yeah I am being totally random today ain't I? We get to look at a house today! A house that we have been trying to look at for a week now! We've finally found a realtor that is willing to help us and not ignore us, seriously I'm not even joking this is the like 6th realtor we've spoken to and she is really nice and knows what we've been going through with other Realtors and is being very helpful! Hopefully I won't stress about it anymore, I know that looking for a new house is stressful but seriously Realtors shouldn't make it more stressful on you. Everyone that we've spoken to before now, says they would show us the house and then we never heard from them again! Seriously no joke I still haven't heard back from any of them! I'm just glad that we finally get to see this house, I know that this may not (and probably isn't) "the House" but a girl can hope right? Its just so hard finding the right house at the right price you know? I just hope this process doesn't take us forever!
Well I guess that is enough randomness and rambling for the day...
Have an Oh So Wonderful Day!
Catrina
The other day I posted that I had taken #3 into the ER for an ear infection on Sunday night, it was a late night for us because of this, I was so happy with the though of going to bed early on Monday night. But things didn't turn out the way I wanted them to... as bed time drew closer I started feeling the need to pee more often then the pain began. I'd pee, it hurt and then instant relief then the next thing I knew I was in pain again and felt the urge to pee again, I knew what was going on I was getting a urinary tract infection, and it didn't feel good (one bit). I started drinking more water hoping to fill my bladder and ease the pain. Nope not gonna happen! Finally I couldn't take the pain anymore and took myself into the ER, they ran their test and sure enough I had a UTI and a pretty bad one at that (how in the world it got that bad that quick I have no clue), but thankfully they gave me antibiotics and pain meds to help. Oh Thank You for the pain meds!! Because I don't think I could have slept that night without them. But unfortunately I still didn't get home till after 1am! There was no way I was going to be able to nap Tuesday either since I had to take Carly to the doctors for her 9 month check up and then Kara to have her ears checked because her ear drum ruptured and was bleeding, then we had to go get groceries. So yeah it was a bit of a busy one for me. Until this UTI is gone I am kinda off my diet, I'm still watching what I eat for the most part and exercising but did you know that cranberry juice has 120 calories per 8oz? Yeah totally and I have to drink a lot of it according to the doctors. The nurse said I need to drink A LOT of water, cranberry juice and frozen lemonade. She informed me that I needed to drink so much that I should be floating! That's a lot to drink! Especially when you are not really even thirsty, I'm thankful for Trop 50 because they have lemonade, and lemonade makes me even more thirsty so that helps a little. I'm so glad that the meds started working fast though!
On another note have you ever heard of Pinterest? Well if you haven't once your done reading this you should go and check it out and become addicted, as I and many (MANY) others have. Well my very first time I checked it out I seen something very interesting, ice cream bread, yeah I know sounds weird doesn't it, well click here for the recipe and then go pick out your favorite ice cream and try it! Because its the easiest recipe EVER!! I decided yesterday to try it. I picked out two ice creams Edy's French Silk (which by the way is very good ice cream!!) and Thin Mint.
This is the Thin Mint Ice Cream Bread
On to another subject - Yeah I am being totally random today ain't I? We get to look at a house today! A house that we have been trying to look at for a week now! We've finally found a realtor that is willing to help us and not ignore us, seriously I'm not even joking this is the like 6th realtor we've spoken to and she is really nice and knows what we've been going through with other Realtors and is being very helpful! Hopefully I won't stress about it anymore, I know that looking for a new house is stressful but seriously Realtors shouldn't make it more stressful on you. Everyone that we've spoken to before now, says they would show us the house and then we never heard from them again! Seriously no joke I still haven't heard back from any of them! I'm just glad that we finally get to see this house, I know that this may not (and probably isn't) "the House" but a girl can hope right? Its just so hard finding the right house at the right price you know? I just hope this process doesn't take us forever!
Well I guess that is enough randomness and rambling for the day...
Have an Oh So Wonderful Day!
Catrina
Friday, April 29, 2011
stupidity of sorts...
Okay so I don't know if I should really say this or not but I am not going to give away any personal information but I have to get this off my mind.
We have been recently researching homes online. We found one that we liked and had decided what the heck we'll check it out this weekend so I emailed the realtor to get some info on it. He emailed me back saying that there was some mold found in the house and as long as we knew that there was some work that needed to be done he would have no problems showing us the house. He sent me the mold reports for me to look over and decide if we still want to look at the house.
And Oh My who in there right mind would try to sell a house at a high price that is covered in mold and water damage!!!??? I thought (before I read the report), okay a little mold won't be a big deal as long as its not black mold, and we can always ask for a lower price. But there is no way we (or any smart person) would ever live in this house!
At the end of the report the inspector said he advises the tenents to leave the property and to not return until the problem is fixed, now the house is empty but this report was done back in September! They did an air test to see how much mold particles were in the air as well. The outdoor control sample was around 2,000 parts per million, the inside of the house sample was around 27,000 parts per million!!! I mean seriously how can you live in a home like this and its not like the mold wasn't visable because you can see it every where!!
I'm sorry to just complain about something like this that doesn't invovle my family or anyone in particular but I just am in shock that they would try to sell a house at that price with that much issues.
Have an Oh So Wonderful Day!
Catrina
We have been recently researching homes online. We found one that we liked and had decided what the heck we'll check it out this weekend so I emailed the realtor to get some info on it. He emailed me back saying that there was some mold found in the house and as long as we knew that there was some work that needed to be done he would have no problems showing us the house. He sent me the mold reports for me to look over and decide if we still want to look at the house.
And Oh My who in there right mind would try to sell a house at a high price that is covered in mold and water damage!!!??? I thought (before I read the report), okay a little mold won't be a big deal as long as its not black mold, and we can always ask for a lower price. But there is no way we (or any smart person) would ever live in this house!
At the end of the report the inspector said he advises the tenents to leave the property and to not return until the problem is fixed, now the house is empty but this report was done back in September! They did an air test to see how much mold particles were in the air as well. The outdoor control sample was around 2,000 parts per million, the inside of the house sample was around 27,000 parts per million!!! I mean seriously how can you live in a home like this and its not like the mold wasn't visable because you can see it every where!!
I'm sorry to just complain about something like this that doesn't invovle my family or anyone in particular but I just am in shock that they would try to sell a house at that price with that much issues.
Have an Oh So Wonderful Day!
Catrina
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Hello my name is Catrina and I'm a ......
Do you have any odd addictions? Like an addiction to a devil television show or looking in the mirror constantly? I want to know that I am not the only one!
Have an Oh So Wonderful Day!
Catrina
Friday, February 4, 2011
Ohhh (in a singing voice)
I've got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts.... Deedaleedee...
I have no stinking clue why but I have been singing this song all day. I am starting to feel better, I think that with all the sweating I have been doing the last few days I think helped to sweat out what ever it is that I've got. Today was suppose to be my day off of exercising but I chose not to exercise yesterday because of was feeling so aweful I chose to rest yesterday and exercise today, after exercising today I felt even more better then I did before I exercised. I am still sick I still feel it but I don't feel as aweful as I did and my throat is starting to feel better already as well.
I think I've also starting singing like this because I am feeling good about my weight right now. My pants are starting to get loose on my and I am starting to see what my mom was saying... She told me last week that I am starting to get and hour glass figure and I seen that today! I was very happy to see that, it definatly made me feel good about myself.
So I continue to sing...
I'VE GOT A LOVELY BUNCH OF COCONUTS.... DEEDALEEDEE (okay not to mention the fact that the kids think its funny when I sing this song it makes them laugh and there is nothing better then a childs laughter!)
Have an Oh So Wonderful Night!
Catrina
I have no stinking clue why but I have been singing this song all day. I am starting to feel better, I think that with all the sweating I have been doing the last few days I think helped to sweat out what ever it is that I've got. Today was suppose to be my day off of exercising but I chose not to exercise yesterday because of was feeling so aweful I chose to rest yesterday and exercise today, after exercising today I felt even more better then I did before I exercised. I am still sick I still feel it but I don't feel as aweful as I did and my throat is starting to feel better already as well.
I think I've also starting singing like this because I am feeling good about my weight right now. My pants are starting to get loose on my and I am starting to see what my mom was saying... She told me last week that I am starting to get and hour glass figure and I seen that today! I was very happy to see that, it definatly made me feel good about myself.
So I continue to sing...
I'VE GOT A LOVELY BUNCH OF COCONUTS.... DEEDALEEDEE (okay not to mention the fact that the kids think its funny when I sing this song it makes them laugh and there is nothing better then a childs laughter!)
Have an Oh So Wonderful Night!
Catrina
Sunday, January 9, 2011
I don't know...
Are you getting tired of me talking about weight loss and other such topics that are connected to that? I know I am getting tired of writing about it (okay that's a lie).
As with most days I have hit a brain block. I could talk about the horrible shooting in Tucson, Arizona and that its a horrible situation and my heart goes out to those who died and were injured but I don't want to get to far into the subject because then it brings up subject of politics and honestly I don't like discussing politics, because lets face it we all have our beliefs and really is there a point in fighting about politics because neither of us are going to change our thoughts, right?
I could talk about how I'm cold and I hate winter but do you really want to hear me bitch and moan? (doubtful).
I am really at a loss at what to say, because right now the main thing on my mind is about weight loss (maybe because I need to get up and do my exercises for the day and just haven't motivated myself enough just yet, good thing its early still).
There really isn't much to update on the kids because well not much has been going on with them, Devin has been going to school (against her will I might add), I have been working on "teaching" Brooke and Kara. Reviewing their your baby can read videos and books, reviewing their alphabet cards and teaching books. But it is the weekend so just like Devin they get the weekends off of learning. They have been spending time with their cousin who stayed the night with them last night. Its been pretty quite even though I have 5 children in the house ranging from 5 months to 7 years of age. Okay that is a partial lie, right now it is pretty quite because they are all down stairs playing in the toy room but when they are upstairs its pretty stinking noisy. Carly has been pretty quite lately as well (except when you lay her on her tummy, because the kid hates tummy time). Unfortunately for my baby girl ever since she got her shots on Thursday she has been running a low grade fever, which is actually the first time she has ever been remotely sick. There has been a lot of sickness going on through our house in the past few weeks and really I think Carly was the only one who didn't end up sick, which maybe that is why she ended up with a low grade fever, maybe, possibly the shots brought something out that has been lying dormant. I don't know (I'm not a doctor).
But I must leave you all because I am sure I am boring you as well (sorry). I need to get off my arse (and off the computer) and do my exercises, so that I can get on with the day.
Have an Oh So Wonderful Day!
Catrina
As with most days I have hit a brain block. I could talk about the horrible shooting in Tucson, Arizona and that its a horrible situation and my heart goes out to those who died and were injured but I don't want to get to far into the subject because then it brings up subject of politics and honestly I don't like discussing politics, because lets face it we all have our beliefs and really is there a point in fighting about politics because neither of us are going to change our thoughts, right?
I could talk about how I'm cold and I hate winter but do you really want to hear me bitch and moan? (doubtful).
I am really at a loss at what to say, because right now the main thing on my mind is about weight loss (maybe because I need to get up and do my exercises for the day and just haven't motivated myself enough just yet, good thing its early still).
There really isn't much to update on the kids because well not much has been going on with them, Devin has been going to school (against her will I might add), I have been working on "teaching" Brooke and Kara. Reviewing their your baby can read videos and books, reviewing their alphabet cards and teaching books. But it is the weekend so just like Devin they get the weekends off of learning. They have been spending time with their cousin who stayed the night with them last night. Its been pretty quite even though I have 5 children in the house ranging from 5 months to 7 years of age. Okay that is a partial lie, right now it is pretty quite because they are all down stairs playing in the toy room but when they are upstairs its pretty stinking noisy. Carly has been pretty quite lately as well (except when you lay her on her tummy, because the kid hates tummy time). Unfortunately for my baby girl ever since she got her shots on Thursday she has been running a low grade fever, which is actually the first time she has ever been remotely sick. There has been a lot of sickness going on through our house in the past few weeks and really I think Carly was the only one who didn't end up sick, which maybe that is why she ended up with a low grade fever, maybe, possibly the shots brought something out that has been lying dormant. I don't know (I'm not a doctor).
But I must leave you all because I am sure I am boring you as well (sorry). I need to get off my arse (and off the computer) and do my exercises, so that I can get on with the day.
Have an Oh So Wonderful Day!
Catrina
Friday, January 7, 2011
Randomnes is my life!
I'm feeling good today, well for the most part except I'm tired (like always) and I had a horrible dream last night that has me all upset now. Does that ever happen to you? You have a bad dream (whatever it may be) and then your whole day is thrown off. Thats me today, Now I'm exhausted because I had trouble falling back to sleep after said dream pissed me off and woke me up.
Thankfully today is my day off from exercising because I just don't have the energy or motivation to do them today. But I do need to go to the grocery store and get some food, I have ran out of things for smoothies and lunch stuff for the kids and we have no milk...(don't worry we just ran out last night, we have formula and things for the baby, but the big kids need stuff as well).
The kiddos do need to watch thier Your Baby Can Read video and review thier cards & Book.. Brooke needs to do her "Homework".
But I am just so darn tired! All of a sudden (now that Devin is home) the house has gotten loud. How is it that if only 1 or 2 are together its quite but you add one more and it gets really loud? They seem to just all of a sudden go straight into fighting. But I guess that is the life when you have 4 girls (such drama queens!).
Carly had her shots yesterday and she is not having a good day today. She is running a little fever and is slightly crabby, she has been sleeping alot today. I hope this does not last for to long, this is the first time since she was born that she hasn't even been slightly sick (other then her acid reflux).
Well I guess that is the Randomness of my day...
Have an Oh So Wonderful Day!
Catrina
Thankfully today is my day off from exercising because I just don't have the energy or motivation to do them today. But I do need to go to the grocery store and get some food, I have ran out of things for smoothies and lunch stuff for the kids and we have no milk...(don't worry we just ran out last night, we have formula and things for the baby, but the big kids need stuff as well).
The kiddos do need to watch thier Your Baby Can Read video and review thier cards & Book.. Brooke needs to do her "Homework".
But I am just so darn tired! All of a sudden (now that Devin is home) the house has gotten loud. How is it that if only 1 or 2 are together its quite but you add one more and it gets really loud? They seem to just all of a sudden go straight into fighting. But I guess that is the life when you have 4 girls (such drama queens!).
Carly had her shots yesterday and she is not having a good day today. She is running a little fever and is slightly crabby, she has been sleeping alot today. I hope this does not last for to long, this is the first time since she was born that she hasn't even been slightly sick (other then her acid reflux).
Well I guess that is the Randomness of my day...
Have an Oh So Wonderful Day!
Catrina
Friday, December 17, 2010
I've been trying to think about what to post today because well I have yet again hit another block. So you'll be enjoying some randomness today...
First off I am so tired! Number 4 woke up at 5am to have a bottle, no big deal she usually does this and then goes back to sleep. Except this morning she chose not to go back to sleep. She fussed and fought so I brought her back into bed with me since Daddy was going to work. I turned on Nick Jr and hoped that she would fall back to sleep or at least watch the tube so I could go back to sleep... Nope she wasn't having anything to do with that, she continued to fuss. I put her back to bed thinking okay maybe she is tired again (this was probably 6-6:30) she screamed and wasn't having it (yet again). So I brought her back to bed with me I layed down and she started screaming yet again! Obviously at this point I was beyond frustrated because I just didn't know what was wrong with her. Thankfully my father her heard screaming and since he was up decided to take her for me so I could get some more rest. She fussed some more for him and finally I told him to go ahead and give her some baby food, I really didn't want her eating her "breakfast" that early but gave him the go ahead. She ate it and stopped fussing (until she realized it was gone) but the screaming finally stopped! Now with all my other kids when we started baby food it was a slow process and they didn't mind that it was a slow process but Carly is not having it she LOVES baby food and wants more! She is not eating rice cereal because she doesn't like it she is on straight stage 1 baby food, (at 4 months old) obviously she is still getting formula though.
Now I know in my "Book" I talked about getting stressed and PPD and while I'm not saying that is what I am going through because well it was just one night of frustration. I can definatly say, that saying don't get to stressed out when baby is screaming, but that is definatly easier said then done when you are exhausted and wanting to go back to bed and baby is screaming in your face! I stayed calm to an extent, yes I got pissed, yes I got frustrated but other then getting mad there wasn't much else I could do. Even if my father hadn't taken her from me I am sure eventually I would have offered her the baby food but when you are super tired, your thought processes are a bit slower then normal.
Can you believe there is only 8 more days till Christmas? I'm getting super excited! I just can't wait to give my family thier gifts! Sure I am excited about the gifts I will get. I am more excited to see the excited on my kids faces when they open thier gifts. Of course though I still have a few items that were purchased online that I am waiting to arrive. Hopefully they get here in time.
I was a bit worried this year that I would not find matching jammies for all the girlies but I had to go for a larger size for Carly so that she could match her sisters. and although this outfit will be huge on her I hope it will still look alright.
I've been thinking alot about the contest and weightloss program that I wrote about in this post, don't forget the deadline to enter is December 31st so get your comment in before then! But anyways I have been thinking alot about it and alot of the reason I chose to wait till the beginning of the year was because well duh the holidays you certainly eat more. But I thought okay now is my time to start to preparing and I have not been doing that at all I have been snacking on unhealthy foods constantly! You know it taste so good but you feel so guilty after devoring half a tube of chocolate chip cookie dough and then 2 handfuls of multigrain pringles! I know it sounds weird but who out there does this? For some reason if I have a sweet snack I feel that I need a salty one after words how strange is that? I believe this may be my down fall once the diet begins. I think I can handle the 15 minutes exercises but its the food intake that is were I am going to fail. Of course having that kind of attitude I am destined to fail right? I know I will try my dammdest once I start but I have low expectations for myself because I always give up on things... Yep I'm one of those people, if the things that I do are not getting the results that I am looking for I stop, instead of continueing until I get the results I am looking for I just giveup! So as long as I see results from the beginning I will do great but if not I know I will give up on myself! I think that should be something else I look to change in the new year, I need to change my expectations for myself and not let myself fail at everything I do. The only thing I feel I can do good at is taking care of my kids and well when I get frustrated I feel like I am failing once again!
Oh geeze look at me now... This post has turned into a feel sorry for me for being a failure. Sorry about that....
I must go clean and other such things, we have company coming over today and I am super excited!
Have an Oh So Wonderful Day!
Catrina
First off I am so tired! Number 4 woke up at 5am to have a bottle, no big deal she usually does this and then goes back to sleep. Except this morning she chose not to go back to sleep. She fussed and fought so I brought her back into bed with me since Daddy was going to work. I turned on Nick Jr and hoped that she would fall back to sleep or at least watch the tube so I could go back to sleep... Nope she wasn't having anything to do with that, she continued to fuss. I put her back to bed thinking okay maybe she is tired again (this was probably 6-6:30) she screamed and wasn't having it (yet again). So I brought her back to bed with me I layed down and she started screaming yet again! Obviously at this point I was beyond frustrated because I just didn't know what was wrong with her. Thankfully my father her heard screaming and since he was up decided to take her for me so I could get some more rest. She fussed some more for him and finally I told him to go ahead and give her some baby food, I really didn't want her eating her "breakfast" that early but gave him the go ahead. She ate it and stopped fussing (until she realized it was gone) but the screaming finally stopped! Now with all my other kids when we started baby food it was a slow process and they didn't mind that it was a slow process but Carly is not having it she LOVES baby food and wants more! She is not eating rice cereal because she doesn't like it she is on straight stage 1 baby food, (at 4 months old) obviously she is still getting formula though.
Now I know in my "Book" I talked about getting stressed and PPD and while I'm not saying that is what I am going through because well it was just one night of frustration. I can definatly say, that saying don't get to stressed out when baby is screaming, but that is definatly easier said then done when you are exhausted and wanting to go back to bed and baby is screaming in your face! I stayed calm to an extent, yes I got pissed, yes I got frustrated but other then getting mad there wasn't much else I could do. Even if my father hadn't taken her from me I am sure eventually I would have offered her the baby food but when you are super tired, your thought processes are a bit slower then normal.
Can you believe there is only 8 more days till Christmas? I'm getting super excited! I just can't wait to give my family thier gifts! Sure I am excited about the gifts I will get. I am more excited to see the excited on my kids faces when they open thier gifts. Of course though I still have a few items that were purchased online that I am waiting to arrive. Hopefully they get here in time.
I was a bit worried this year that I would not find matching jammies for all the girlies but I had to go for a larger size for Carly so that she could match her sisters. and although this outfit will be huge on her I hope it will still look alright.
I've been thinking alot about the contest and weightloss program that I wrote about in this post, don't forget the deadline to enter is December 31st so get your comment in before then! But anyways I have been thinking alot about it and alot of the reason I chose to wait till the beginning of the year was because well duh the holidays you certainly eat more. But I thought okay now is my time to start to preparing and I have not been doing that at all I have been snacking on unhealthy foods constantly! You know it taste so good but you feel so guilty after devoring half a tube of chocolate chip cookie dough and then 2 handfuls of multigrain pringles! I know it sounds weird but who out there does this? For some reason if I have a sweet snack I feel that I need a salty one after words how strange is that? I believe this may be my down fall once the diet begins. I think I can handle the 15 minutes exercises but its the food intake that is were I am going to fail. Of course having that kind of attitude I am destined to fail right? I know I will try my dammdest once I start but I have low expectations for myself because I always give up on things... Yep I'm one of those people, if the things that I do are not getting the results that I am looking for I stop, instead of continueing until I get the results I am looking for I just giveup! So as long as I see results from the beginning I will do great but if not I know I will give up on myself! I think that should be something else I look to change in the new year, I need to change my expectations for myself and not let myself fail at everything I do. The only thing I feel I can do good at is taking care of my kids and well when I get frustrated I feel like I am failing once again!
Oh geeze look at me now... This post has turned into a feel sorry for me for being a failure. Sorry about that....
I must go clean and other such things, we have company coming over today and I am super excited!
Have an Oh So Wonderful Day!
Catrina
Sunday, November 28, 2010
The Randomness that is my Life
I feel badly that I missed posting the past 2 days... But I have been in a slump the last few days, I want to write something that is actually entertaining or at least interesting for you to read but I am just stumped! I was gonna give you a weekend update but well there wasn't much going on this weekend, we did go to a baby shower on Sunday. I was going to post about that but unless you knew the people would it really interest you? Probably not... So I am going to try and post what I was planning on posting but excuse me now if it is confusing to read or sounds stupid.
But then I started looking at my page stats and stuff and realized that no one is reading my blog anyway so whats the point of getting so concerned with what and when I write right?
So if I really wanted to I could tell you that all I did yesterday was help my mom deep clean the carpets and move furniture around and vaccum and do laundry and well yep that about sums up my day yesterday. Exciting huh? Or how about I write about the fact that I REALLY need to go to the store to get some grocerys and that we are basically out of dog food. Or I can talk about the fact that Carly is spitting up every where all over my bed right now and its getting really annoying! Oh how about we talk about all the cyber window shopping I have been doing lately? How do I love cyber window shopping I just wish I could actually do some cyber buying!
I can tell you how that Carly has a security blankey and for some reason the kid can not go to sleep without it!
But then I started looking at my page stats and stuff and realized that no one is reading my blog anyway so whats the point of getting so concerned with what and when I write right?
So if I really wanted to I could tell you that all I did yesterday was help my mom deep clean the carpets and move furniture around and vaccum and do laundry and well yep that about sums up my day yesterday. Exciting huh? Or how about I write about the fact that I REALLY need to go to the store to get some grocerys and that we are basically out of dog food. Or I can talk about the fact that Carly is spitting up every where all over my bed right now and its getting really annoying! Oh how about we talk about all the cyber window shopping I have been doing lately? How do I love cyber window shopping I just wish I could actually do some cyber buying!
I can tell you how that Carly has a security blankey and for some reason the kid can not go to sleep without it!
The blankey that she is holding was actually given to Kara when she was hospitalized with jaundice, she never took to using it as a security blanket or anything like that (instead Kara has two tiger blankets that she must sleep with but they are larger then this). Yesterday Carly was tired and whining and I could not figure out why, finally I gave her blankey and what do you know she fell fast asleep with in seconds. so yeah now I know she must have her blankey to go to bed ( I better never loose it) .
I hope that my creative juices start flowing soon and I will have some awesome post to write, until then enjoy the crap that I spew out.... :)
Have a Great Day!
Catrina
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
I'm excited what can I say
Sorry folks I hate to say this but I have no more ideas for my book! So chapters 9 & 10 are put on hold for now... Sorry :(
But as far as being a lazy mom goes I've got some motivation. The prospect of possibly finding our forever house! You know what a forever house is don't you? Its that house that you can see spending the rest of your life in!
I don't want to get into the details to much (since that would be letting you in way to much) but we found out that my grandma's neighbor is thinking about putting his house on the market so if we can get the owner to agree with our offer we could have our forever house! Its just a matter of speaking with the owner and seeing if he will go for it. I am so praying he does! So that is my motivation, I have been cleaning more and trying to straighten up, I even cooked a meal I have never cooked before last night because well think about it if we end up moving I have to make sure that I clean and cook all the time again. I've been slacking because my mommy has been taking care of everything, well except cooking we all do that in the house. But if we move I will have to do all if not most of the cooking (since David may cook a meal or two). I am just so excited, which I shouldn't be because I am getting my hopes up and will probably be disappointment in the end. But until we know what is for sure going to happen I am excited and motivated! But I am still exhausted and tired! So I think I will need to start going to bed earlier. Maybe if this happens I will not only have the motivation to stop being so lazy but to exercise and other such things that I want for myself but just don't have the motivation or energy for. 
I know its a matter of pushing yourself to do things but I just don't have the energy to push myself most of the time. 
I can't wait to see if we've got some good news in our future :) We'll see....
Have a Great Day!
On another note though. I've admitted probably a hundred times here that I am a lazy mom, I admit it I'm not proud of it (I know it may seem like I am because I say it so much but I'm not). I'm not so lazy to the point were I neglect my kids so don't get the wrong idea about that. I take care of my kids they are my life but other then that I am extremely lazy. Especially when it comes to house work, I've been able to get away with it for a while because my mom is a clean freak and will clean up. I do help out but a lot of times I don't help out enough (at least in my eyes its not enough).
But as far as being a lazy mom goes I've got some motivation. The prospect of possibly finding our forever house! You know what a forever house is don't you? Its that house that you can see spending the rest of your life in!I don't want to get into the details to much (since that would be letting you in way to much) but we found out that my grandma's neighbor is thinking about putting his house on the market so if we can get the owner to agree with our offer we could have our forever house! Its just a matter of speaking with the owner and seeing if he will go for it. I am so praying he does! So that is my motivation, I have been cleaning more and trying to straighten up, I even cooked a meal I have never cooked before last night because well think about it if we end up moving I have to make sure that I clean and cook all the time again. I've been slacking because my mommy has been taking care of everything, well except cooking we all do that in the house. But if we move I will have to do all if not most of the cooking (since David may cook a meal or two). I am just so excited, which I shouldn't be because I am getting my hopes up and will probably be disappointment in the end. But until we know what is for sure going to happen I am excited and motivated! But I am still exhausted and tired! So I think I will need to start going to bed earlier. Maybe if this happens I will not only have the motivation to stop being so lazy but to exercise and other such things that I want for myself but just don't have the motivation or energy for. I know its a matter of pushing yourself to do things but I just don't have the energy to push myself most of the time. I can't wait to see if we've got some good news in our future :) We'll see....Have a Great Day!Catrina
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Friday, November 5, 2010
What Oh What Do I Say?
Have you ever sat there and starting typing something out and only after typing out a long ass post realized that you cannot post that because of who reads your blog and have to erase the entire thing? I do that ALL the time! I mean I am constantly typing things out and then realizing, shit I can't post that what if this person reads it or what if this person reads it or wait isn't this to much personal information to post to the world? I am always second guessing myself when I start typing a blog post. I guess that is why I am always wondering if what I am posting is good enough to entertain you all or am I boring the hell out of you with what I think is interesting information. Obviously I'm not going to write about my monthly cycle, thats just WAY to much information (unless you really want to hear about that?). I can't talk about how things are between me and the Hubby because, well he thinks thats to much information to tell you all about. There are many subjects I want to touch on but then thats going to far into other peoples lives and really do I have a right to do that? I could keep it as private as possible and not mention any names but then they would know I was talking about them (if they happen to read my blog). I guess that is why I talk so much about the kids and about our Oh So Boring Life because there is just not enough subjects that I can touch on without either hurting or pissing someone off. Which of course I don't want to do either. I guess thats why my blog will never be as popular as Heir to Blair or MckMama they have plenty of interesting things to talk about. As you can see those are the 2 major blogs I read, when I am keeping up with reading them. I went some time without reading all the blogs that I read and missed alot of stuff! I can tell its been a while since I kept up on blogging since I totally missed that Kelly over at Kelly's Korner was preggo! I've missed so much were have I been? Oh wait thats right I've been right here being lazy trying to figure out what to blog about and dealing with being preggo and having a baby and taking care my other kids and blah blah blah.... You know all that Oh So Boring stuff. I've been Oh So tired alot lately to, I swear it doesn't matter how much sleep I get I am so flipping tired when I wake up in the morning. I just want to nap all day, but obviously I can't... I have to get up by 7:30 in the morning not matter how many times I was woken in the middle of the night (even if I wasn't woken up) and get Devin ready for school, and sometimes (just sometimes) I am able to go back to sleep once she leaves, thanks to either the other 3 kiddos sleeping in or Nick Jr. who keeps them occupied long enough for me to sleep just a little bit longer, only after making sure each of them has a bottle of milk and has had breakfast and oh wait someone needs more milk and what ever else they like to complain about in the morning when I am trying to get a tiny little nap. But life goes on and so do I... Hopefully in the future I can come up with some more stimulating blogging for you all to enjoy but until then, enjoy the My Oh So Boring Life.
Have a Great Day!
Catrina
Have a Great Day!
Catrina
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Pee Pee in the Potty! (sung to a tune)
This took me a few days to write and post so forgive my inaccuracies on dates:)
I honestly don't know if I mentioned this before and I really don't want to go back and look but we are officially potty training Kara. Just shy of 2 years she has made the decision that she is ready to use the potty. We knew it was close when she began taking off her diaper all the time when it was dirty and when she began pulling poop on her diaper and handing it to people, but I knew for sure the day she took her diaper off and actually told me she had to go potty and went, instead of the old sit on the potty sing "poo poo in the potty" or "pee pee in the potty" then jumping off and saying done (when she has done nothing at all, but sing a song). She finally will sit on the potty and actually go! Things have gone well with it, She is still in her pull ups but when her diaper is dirty she lets us know (most of the time) and will go pee in the potty before she gets a new diaper on. The main problem we are having right now with her is that she does not like wearing underwear! If you put underwear on her instead of a diaper she cries usually until either she finally realizes your not going to change her (which last night was about 15 minutes) or until you change her. I can already tell that this is going to be a long drawn out process but since the older two did not even attempt potty training until they were 2 1/2 and Kara is still 8 days away from her 2nd birthday we have some time to get her potty trained and I am not going to force her into it.
Kara turns 2 in just 9 days and well the terrible 2's have kicked in for sure! Ever since the Halloween candy was brought into the house this kid has been on a candy kick and well she finds ways to get into the candy and its getting pretty annoying for sure to tell her NO every few minutes. She's began hitting and scratching and yelling at everyone, oh I hope this is just a phase because if not we're in trouble!
I've mentioned before that I signed up to be a PTPA Evaluator and so far I've only evaluated one product, yeah I'm kinda bummed about that but I look forward to my evaluation. But I won something from PTPA! This is actually the 2nd time I have won a product from them, I don't know if I ever posted about it but I won a Coral product for thier Fan Friday giveaway awhile ago. and this week I was so happy to find out that I won for making my profile... You know what I won? A product called EasyDaysies If you have never heard of them you can either click on the link that I just posted or you can go to PTPA's Social Media Heather's review of the poduct. I can't wait to get it and try it out, I am so unorganized it would be nice to have something to help me organize my Oh So hectic life. Since I won it they are not asking for a review but I will probably still let you all know what I think about the product so keep watch for that.
I'm not much for online shopping I admit it, I would prefer to go to the store and pick and choose clothes that way but I have been shopping on Etsy and Ebay lately mainly for photography props because like I have posted before I am starting to take the kids photos myself and well I need props. I have already decided that I am going to ask for photography props for Christmas, which will probably mainly consist of back drops (you know fabric for the back ground of my photos). Anyways back to what I was saying. I have been looking at props on Etsy and I would love to buy some things from there but right now I just have that kind of money to spend, so I went over to Ebay to see what I could find and I found about 5 cute little hats that I won for $0.01 (one of them I got for $0.95) and I got a pair of angel wings with halo for $1.50 which I will use for Carly's 6 month photo's. I went a bit over board though and started bidding on clothes and won 7 outfits that were just to cute, one was a pair of cutie jammies for Kara that say big sister and are pink and zebra print and then each of the 3 older girlies get 2 outfits each for Christmas. I'll post some pictures of them when they open them :) The only other problem I am having is I want to bid on so many things, its just not possible to buy it all if I win. So I have to pace myself with all the bidding.
Is this all enough for you to take in? Has this post been long and overwhelming? Sorry about that but like I said at the beginning it took me a few days to write it so its all over the place. Not to mention there is more I want to talk about so hopefully you will be seeing more post soon
Have a Great Day!
Catrina
Friday, October 29, 2010
Fighting that Fat Friday & other Randomness
This won't be a very long Fighting the Fat Friday post because well.... There's not much to tell you I have been maintaining my weight, no loss, no gain and it really sucks! The depression of trying to loose weight has set in and I am getting so discourage that I began snacking again! I hate it but I eat when I'm upset. Yeah I'm one of those folks... Not to mention that my grandma brought over some yummy cupcakes that she got on sale at the store. Last time she brought cupcakes over I was able to stay away from them but with as upset as I've been I couldn't stay away this time... I've been walking daily with my mom and haven't missed even one day for the week I've been walking with her. Last Sunday we bought some Sketcher ShapeUps I can feel the tighting of my muscles some days but still have not seen results! Do you see how this can be depressing when you are working so hard to change everything for 3 weeks and get stuck after only the 2nd day? I wonder if I am just ment to be at this weight.... (which for me is depressing) Now I would be fine if I have only lost a pound or so in the last 3 weeks but not staying at the same weight. So as you can see I don't have much to report this week, maybe I will have some good news next Friday (but I highly doubt it).
Now on to a new subject...
I got my hair dyed this week. I was excited because I wanted something different that I've never done before. I've had my natural hair, which by the way is brunette and I've had blonde hair. I've also had my natural with blonde highlights but I have never (on purpose at least) has blonde with red highlights. I have some of my natural hair showing through and I also have my my blonde highlights, but now I have red in there too! I like it but I think I want more red next time :) and some points in my hair it actually looks a little pink and I love it!!
We got 27 pumpkins cleaned out for our Halloween pumpkin patch, we'll start carving them Saturday, so they will be ready for Halloween. My mom is having her tonsils taken out today so she wont be much help tomorrow I am sure she wont be feeling very good.
Have a Great Day!
Catrina
Now on to a new subject...
I got my hair dyed this week. I was excited because I wanted something different that I've never done before. I've had my natural hair, which by the way is brunette and I've had blonde hair. I've also had my natural with blonde highlights but I have never (on purpose at least) has blonde with red highlights. I have some of my natural hair showing through and I also have my my blonde highlights, but now I have red in there too! I like it but I think I want more red next time :) and some points in my hair it actually looks a little pink and I love it!!
We got 27 pumpkins cleaned out for our Halloween pumpkin patch, we'll start carving them Saturday, so they will be ready for Halloween. My mom is having her tonsils taken out today so she wont be much help tomorrow I am sure she wont be feeling very good.
Have a Great Day!
Catrina
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Changes...
Urrg have you ever had things you wanted to say but couldn't figure out how to put it or as soon as you go to write it you completely forget what you wanted to say? I'm having one of those days. I have so many things I wanted to say and talk about that my thoughts are getting all mixed up. So let me try to say what I wanted to say but let me say now that I don't know if my thoughts will be mixed up or not.
Here goes nothing....
Carly is in her crib now. We actually had to go the extremes of rearranging the children to get to this point, so now Devin and Carly are rooming together and Brooke and Kara are rooming together. I would prefer to keep it the other way with the older kids together and the younger kids together but after our first night of Carly in her crib and Kara waking up at 4:30 in the morning (and essentually waking Carly up too), and then later on that day when Kara was suppose to be in her bed napping I find her in the crib napping instead, we realized that until Kara realizes that she is not suppose to be in the crib it would be better off for us to switch things up a bit. To our surprise all the children are very happy with the switch. Brooke was unable to try it out since she stayed the night at her great grandmas last night but the other 3 enjoyed it and they all slept very well through the night (Carly did not wake until 6am!). Of course I am not sure how much Brooke will like the fact that Kara now thinks that Brookies bed is her bed. But then again it may be fine since they like to sleep in the same bed together. We've had issues here and there but its been going pretty good so far.
Today we are officially starting potty training. Its only been maybe an hour (or less) and we have yet to have an accident she is doing well. She knows when she needs to go potty (even its just a trickle). I think she is finally done using diapers, she is actually sitting on the potty and trying to pee instead of sitting down and then saying done and jumping off. Its great! If we succeed hopefully she will be fully potty trained (with no accidents) by her 2nd birthday. Which by the way is in 14 more days! But her party will be in 17 days.
Today we'll be cleaning pumpkins out for Halloween, did I ever tell you that my mom does a huge pumpkin patch every year? Yep except this year she is having her tonsils taken out tomorrow and I have to do the carving on Saturday. Don't worry I've recruited a few people already so I wont be alone. I'll definatly take pictures so come back for sure on Monday to see the pictures.
I gotta go clean some pumpkins
Have a Great Day!
Catrina
Here goes nothing....
Carly is in her crib now. We actually had to go the extremes of rearranging the children to get to this point, so now Devin and Carly are rooming together and Brooke and Kara are rooming together. I would prefer to keep it the other way with the older kids together and the younger kids together but after our first night of Carly in her crib and Kara waking up at 4:30 in the morning (and essentually waking Carly up too), and then later on that day when Kara was suppose to be in her bed napping I find her in the crib napping instead, we realized that until Kara realizes that she is not suppose to be in the crib it would be better off for us to switch things up a bit. To our surprise all the children are very happy with the switch. Brooke was unable to try it out since she stayed the night at her great grandmas last night but the other 3 enjoyed it and they all slept very well through the night (Carly did not wake until 6am!). Of course I am not sure how much Brooke will like the fact that Kara now thinks that Brookies bed is her bed. But then again it may be fine since they like to sleep in the same bed together. We've had issues here and there but its been going pretty good so far.
Today we are officially starting potty training. Its only been maybe an hour (or less) and we have yet to have an accident she is doing well. She knows when she needs to go potty (even its just a trickle). I think she is finally done using diapers, she is actually sitting on the potty and trying to pee instead of sitting down and then saying done and jumping off. Its great! If we succeed hopefully she will be fully potty trained (with no accidents) by her 2nd birthday. Which by the way is in 14 more days! But her party will be in 17 days.
Today we'll be cleaning pumpkins out for Halloween, did I ever tell you that my mom does a huge pumpkin patch every year? Yep except this year she is having her tonsils taken out tomorrow and I have to do the carving on Saturday. Don't worry I've recruited a few people already so I wont be alone. I'll definatly take pictures so come back for sure on Monday to see the pictures.
I gotta go clean some pumpkins
Have a Great Day!
Catrina
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
The Randomness that is my Life...
I've been drawing a blank as to what to write about lately. Do I tell you about the Haunted Hayride that we attended last Saturday, that my inlaws have been throwing for about 3 years now? I take the pictures and guess what I took 180 some pictures this year! yeah thats alot of damn pictures! Don't worry I am not going to post them all on here, but perhaps just a few. We had a great time, the kids had a great time. It was fun for all ages and great food. Although like any event there were many inconsiderate people present. I guess people just don't get it, your invited to someone elses house for an event (that by the way was free), they don't have to invite you or even have it for that matter and people take advantage of thier hospitality. Its so aggrevating at how rude people can be. But like every year things may need to change a little next year. It's a learning process, especially since the event is getting bigger every year.
Sunday everyone in the house was feeling pretty crummy, I got sick, Devin got and ear infection and everyone else just didn't feel well. By Monday Devin had ruptured her ear drum and is now on antibiotics and ear drops. We've been lazing around for the past few days because well I still don't feel good and I am just not up to anything. Don't get me wrong I have been taking care of my kids when need be and I have been cleaning (against my will because of my mom haha) but other then that its been nothing but resting for us. I finally sent Devin back to school today although her ear is still leaking fluid (which by the way is super gross) but she is feeling better and is not in that much pain anymore. Kara starting coughing last night so I'm worried she maybe getting sick again (which she was just sick not to long ago) Hopefully little miss Carly doesn't get sick. I worry about her immune system since she hasn't had shots yet and she is only 9 weeks old. But at least the other kiddos have gotten thier flu shots. Speaking of flu shots have you ever noticed that when you get a flu shot (or someone else gets one) they always end up sick very shortly after? Why is that, I thought the flu shot was suppose to stop you from getting sick?
I hate to jump from one subject to another but.... Do you have a baby? If so do you have a baby swing? Does your baby love his/her swing? My daughter does but you know what happen yesterday? Her swing took a shit! It sucked, I was not feeling good yesterday (and still am not today) but yesterday was a rough day having an unhappy kid because her swing just would not work! It make the noises just fine and the little mobile worked too but the swing just would not swing! So we had to go out and get her a new one last night. Do you know how hard it is going shopping with 4 kids when you feel like crap? It suck's lets just put it that way. But we managed (well I managed), all the kids managed to do was get on my very last nerve and aggrevate the hell out of me by fighting and whining the whole time.
I am so ready for a nap.. Shoot what the heck, the 2 older kids are at school, I think I will put Kara down for her nap and take a nap myself...
Oh I'll post those pictures later :)
Have a Great Day!
Catrina
Sunday everyone in the house was feeling pretty crummy, I got sick, Devin got and ear infection and everyone else just didn't feel well. By Monday Devin had ruptured her ear drum and is now on antibiotics and ear drops. We've been lazing around for the past few days because well I still don't feel good and I am just not up to anything. Don't get me wrong I have been taking care of my kids when need be and I have been cleaning (against my will because of my mom haha) but other then that its been nothing but resting for us. I finally sent Devin back to school today although her ear is still leaking fluid (which by the way is super gross) but she is feeling better and is not in that much pain anymore. Kara starting coughing last night so I'm worried she maybe getting sick again (which she was just sick not to long ago) Hopefully little miss Carly doesn't get sick. I worry about her immune system since she hasn't had shots yet and she is only 9 weeks old. But at least the other kiddos have gotten thier flu shots. Speaking of flu shots have you ever noticed that when you get a flu shot (or someone else gets one) they always end up sick very shortly after? Why is that, I thought the flu shot was suppose to stop you from getting sick?
I hate to jump from one subject to another but.... Do you have a baby? If so do you have a baby swing? Does your baby love his/her swing? My daughter does but you know what happen yesterday? Her swing took a shit! It sucked, I was not feeling good yesterday (and still am not today) but yesterday was a rough day having an unhappy kid because her swing just would not work! It make the noises just fine and the little mobile worked too but the swing just would not swing! So we had to go out and get her a new one last night. Do you know how hard it is going shopping with 4 kids when you feel like crap? It suck's lets just put it that way. But we managed (well I managed), all the kids managed to do was get on my very last nerve and aggrevate the hell out of me by fighting and whining the whole time.
I am so ready for a nap.. Shoot what the heck, the 2 older kids are at school, I think I will put Kara down for her nap and take a nap myself...
Oh I'll post those pictures later :)
Have a Great Day!
Catrina
Monday, May 24, 2010
Weekend update
Okay so I missed Fighting the Fat Friday. But not on purpose, believe me I also missed Brooke's parent teacher conferance as well. I had a bad headache Friday and it was stormy and I was tired and I just didn't feel like doing anything! Honestly I forgot to blog about Fighting the Fat, not like I've done anything lately I did take the girls to the park last week but that was about all the activity, I feel horrible for missing Brookes conferance but the Hubby worked late and I completely forgot that we even had it scheduled until Saturday morning. My headache lasted all weekend! Yesterday it was so bad that any movement or noise sent my head spinning. We finally went to the ER last night because I just couldn't take it anymore my head was hurting so bad and I was nauseous. My mother was worried that purhaps I was dehydrated again, my though fell on blood pressure (which I have never had a high pressure unless I was dehydrated). But once we got to the hossy, they checked everything.... No dehydration, blood pressure was fine, baby looked good, so what in the heck! The nurse informed me and the Hubby that with the weather changing so much lately that pollen is at its highest and people that don't normally experience sinus problems are having issues, so maybe purhaps that is what I am having issues with. The On call Doc had her give me some tylonal with coden and a cup of water to suck down, and thankfully to my relief the headache went away! I was so happy to see it go! She suggested taking tylonal and drinking some coke (except this is a pepsi family so that will have to do). So this morning when I woke up and my headache was back I took some tylonal and sudafed (which they said was okay), and my headahce went away. So I think I have figured out how to get this headache crap under control ( I hope). Today I have my eye appointment to get some new contacts, and I think I will stop by the chiropractors afterwards to make sure that is not my problem.
Our weekend went well for the most part. The Hubby had to work, and I was so stressed by the kiddos (not to mention the horrible headache I still had). My grandma came and picked up 1 and 2 which was a sweet relief from all the fighting they had been doing that day. Me and 3 went shopping to buy mommy some new tank tops and the cutest sundress. The rest of the day went pretty well and then Sunday we went and visited the mother & father in law and other then my horrible headache the day wasn't to bad.
Today I hope to actually get out and get some grocery shopping done.
I must go get ready for my eye appointment...Maybe I'll be back later, maybe I won't....
Have a Great Day!
Catrina
Our weekend went well for the most part. The Hubby had to work, and I was so stressed by the kiddos (not to mention the horrible headache I still had). My grandma came and picked up 1 and 2 which was a sweet relief from all the fighting they had been doing that day. Me and 3 went shopping to buy mommy some new tank tops and the cutest sundress. The rest of the day went pretty well and then Sunday we went and visited the mother & father in law and other then my horrible headache the day wasn't to bad.
Today I hope to actually get out and get some grocery shopping done.
I must go get ready for my eye appointment...Maybe I'll be back later, maybe I won't....
Have a Great Day!
Catrina
Thursday, May 20, 2010
My mind is going 100 miles a min.
I've been trying to think of a good post to write... But I have so many things running through my head right now I can't even think straight. I'm thinking in more of a winding, curvy road going in all directions and driving me insane (or nauseous, either way I am going crazy).
First I looked and I can not find a picture of the retarded contraption I seen yesterday... It was a car that looked like a small airplane and no it didn't have large wings it just looked like an airplane, I couldn't believe my eyes at what I was seeing but for some reason the hubby didn't seem to surprised. What eva it was weird......
Guess what? I'll be 27 weeks tomorrow that means I am almost in my 3rd trimester! Can you believe it 13 more weeks to go! Yea, I can't wait! Although I am so not looking forward to being huge this summer. It was actually warm yesterday and I was already sweating and it wasn't even that hot! I'm in so much trouble. Okay yeah I know what your thinking.... Quit your Bitching! Thats fine I will.... Thanks for at least listening to me Bitch for minute. Can I say something else though (not complaining)? I really, really want to get another ultrasound to find out if we are for sure having a girl! Remember that post a while back that I posted about 3d/4d ultrasounds (sorry I don't feel like linking to it right now) Well they are having some good deals this month and I would really like to take advantage of them. Maybe I can con the hubby in to. :) We'll see....
We gave my dad his Fathers day gift early this year, well we gave it to him yesterday to be exact. A man was going door to door with a booklet for a golf package for pretty cheap, so after consulting with my mom I purchased it, I was worried at first for a few reasons, 1 I know nothing about golf so I had no clue if the package was a good deal or not, come to find out it was a really good deal. 2 I was afraid that I was being ripped off and that scared the shit out of me! My dad was so excited when we gave it to him, he started calling his freinds to tell them what he got and they are already planning all their golf outtings and such. I'm glad he liked it! Now all we have to figure out is what to get the Hubby from the girls for Fathers day. Got any bright ideas? I feel bad because when they are in school they make me Mothers day gifts but when Fathers day rolls around they are no longer in school... So they can't make him anything cute at school. The Hubby really likes his Truck, I guess we can try to get him some things for his truck but without ruining the surprise and asking him what he wants how in the world do I do that?!?! I don't know.....
Speaking of the Hubby.... He's getting promoted at work! They are making him a Forman! I am so proud of him he is such a hard worker and obviously his work knows that as well. He starts running his first big job either tomorrow or Monday (I think). He has run a job or two before just to see how he does but they were small jobs and nothing big, he is actually getting all the Forman perks now!
I know Kara has 6 more months till she hits 2 but its official she has hit the terrible 2's and has the tantrums to show it! She likes to get her tooth brush in the morning and brush her teeth with her sisters, which I don't care, the more power to her if she likes brushing her teeth this early on. But I don't like when she grabs the tooth paste and carries it around because I don't want her to open it and make a mess, so I usually just take the toothpaste away. Oh heck NO, she wasn't having any part of that she ran into her sisters room stomping her feet and screaming and then when I tried to hand her, her toothe brush she threw herself on the floor and started kicking and screaming! All because I won't let her carry the tooth paste around the house.
On a better note (as far as Kara goes), Why is it that my 18 month old daughter knows how to take her sweater off and hang it up without anyone saying anything but my 4 year old and 6 1/2 year old walk in the house and throw their sweaters on the floor and have to be promted (many times I might add) to hang their sweaters up?!?! Go figure....
Well....
Have a Great Day!
Catrina
First I looked and I can not find a picture of the retarded contraption I seen yesterday... It was a car that looked like a small airplane and no it didn't have large wings it just looked like an airplane, I couldn't believe my eyes at what I was seeing but for some reason the hubby didn't seem to surprised. What eva it was weird......
Guess what? I'll be 27 weeks tomorrow that means I am almost in my 3rd trimester! Can you believe it 13 more weeks to go! Yea, I can't wait! Although I am so not looking forward to being huge this summer. It was actually warm yesterday and I was already sweating and it wasn't even that hot! I'm in so much trouble. Okay yeah I know what your thinking.... Quit your Bitching! Thats fine I will.... Thanks for at least listening to me Bitch for minute. Can I say something else though (not complaining)? I really, really want to get another ultrasound to find out if we are for sure having a girl! Remember that post a while back that I posted about 3d/4d ultrasounds (sorry I don't feel like linking to it right now) Well they are having some good deals this month and I would really like to take advantage of them. Maybe I can con the hubby in to. :) We'll see....
We gave my dad his Fathers day gift early this year, well we gave it to him yesterday to be exact. A man was going door to door with a booklet for a golf package for pretty cheap, so after consulting with my mom I purchased it, I was worried at first for a few reasons, 1 I know nothing about golf so I had no clue if the package was a good deal or not, come to find out it was a really good deal. 2 I was afraid that I was being ripped off and that scared the shit out of me! My dad was so excited when we gave it to him, he started calling his freinds to tell them what he got and they are already planning all their golf outtings and such. I'm glad he liked it! Now all we have to figure out is what to get the Hubby from the girls for Fathers day. Got any bright ideas? I feel bad because when they are in school they make me Mothers day gifts but when Fathers day rolls around they are no longer in school... So they can't make him anything cute at school. The Hubby really likes his Truck, I guess we can try to get him some things for his truck but without ruining the surprise and asking him what he wants how in the world do I do that?!?! I don't know.....
Speaking of the Hubby.... He's getting promoted at work! They are making him a Forman! I am so proud of him he is such a hard worker and obviously his work knows that as well. He starts running his first big job either tomorrow or Monday (I think). He has run a job or two before just to see how he does but they were small jobs and nothing big, he is actually getting all the Forman perks now!
I know Kara has 6 more months till she hits 2 but its official she has hit the terrible 2's and has the tantrums to show it! She likes to get her tooth brush in the morning and brush her teeth with her sisters, which I don't care, the more power to her if she likes brushing her teeth this early on. But I don't like when she grabs the tooth paste and carries it around because I don't want her to open it and make a mess, so I usually just take the toothpaste away. Oh heck NO, she wasn't having any part of that she ran into her sisters room stomping her feet and screaming and then when I tried to hand her, her toothe brush she threw herself on the floor and started kicking and screaming! All because I won't let her carry the tooth paste around the house.
On a better note (as far as Kara goes), Why is it that my 18 month old daughter knows how to take her sweater off and hang it up without anyone saying anything but my 4 year old and 6 1/2 year old walk in the house and throw their sweaters on the floor and have to be promted (many times I might add) to hang their sweaters up?!?! Go figure....
Well....
Have a Great Day!
Catrina
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Weekend and much more....
How was your weekend? Mine for the most part was pretty uneventful.... Friday I went to my Mother-in-Laws and picked up 2 of her little kitties that she was trying to get rid of, so I could try and find a home for them. Of course though looking at those precious little kitties who's names were Kevin and Spots (which we changed to Patrick), we didn't really want to give them up but unfortunately there was no way we were going to be able to keep them as we had 3 cats and 3 dogs (not to mention the 3 kids we already have and the one on the way) So the Kitty's were only visiting for the weekend. Saturday I was stuck at home (in a bad mood) by myself with Kara. My mom and Dad took Devin and Brooke to Grandma Rose's to visit, and the Hubby went to his fathers to work on his old truck, leaving me and Kara home alone. For some reason Kara decided to be the biggest pain in the butt on Saturday and was getting into everything that she knew she wasn't suppose to be getting into. So of course my bad mood got worse! Once everyone got back home the neighbors came over for a bon fire and the neighborhood kids decided to take the kittens for a walk and see if they could find a new home for them. To my surprise, they found a home for Kevin on their first stop (to the next door neighbors house). I was excited to see Kevin have a new home but was sad because he was so lovable and became my favorite! But that still left Patrick with no home, and Sunday we took him back to the in-Laws because we couldn't find him a home. He was happy to see his mommy as she was happy to him as well. So who knows, maybe my Father-in-Law will change his mind and let Patrick stay. We visited with the in-Laws and some of our Friends (Jeff & Nikki) came over to visit as well and we hung out while our kiddos (Kara and Kaylee) played with each other. I think Kara was amazed to see a baby younger then herself. Most "babies" she sees are all older then she is. She did really well with Kaylee though (who is 8 months old), I hope that they will be good freinds when they get older! Oh did I mention we found a huge splinter in Kara's finger Sunday? It must have been there for a few days because it was infected and looked horrible. It took me and my dad holding her down for my mom to get the splinter out! My poor baby was in so much pain! I felt so sorry for her, she looked and me and my mom like we were the devil! She cried for a while (which of course I don't blame her) but it was scary when she would scream so loud and make herself gag. But we got it out and gave her some Ibuprofen for the pain.
Kara had her 18 month check up yesterday and it went pretty well.... For the most part. The doctor looked at her finger and said it looked good! It no longer looked infected, to just continue putting neosporin on it and cleaning it a few times a day. That's a relief that its fine, I was worried with as bad as it looked before we took the splinter out. Over all Kara looked good and her appointment went well. She weighs 23.9lbs (but for some reason they put 24lbs on her chart) she is in the 42nd % for weight, She is 33 1/4 in tall or 90% for height (yeah shes got some long legs) and she has a big noggin at 47.1cm (66%). Maybe that big head is holding a big brain (no wonder she picks things up so quickly, except for when it comes to getting into things she knows she should be in). The doctor noticed as she was doing her exam that Kara had some bumps on her legs and that's when I piped up and asked what they heck they were because she had them on her arms to and Brooke also has them on her arms, legs and torso. Well I guess its a skin condition called Keratosis Pilaris , Its a hereditary skin condition that cause bumps on the body that look like goosebumps, I guess there are worse forms of it that can be irritating and red but luckily for Kara and Brooke they just have flesh colored bumps that don't cause irritation. There is a lotion that the girls can use called Lac Hydrin but unfortunately Kara can not use it till she is 2 (not quite sure why about that one but I will be waiting to use it on her). Hopefully we don't have to many issues with it this summer because I notice when she is out in the sun on a hot day, the bumps get worse and spread, she still doesn't notice them but they spread. Its good to know that its nothing serious though.
After her appointment we went shopping were else but Target (hey her doctors is in the same area its hard not to go to the doctors and not hit Target afterwards). I tried to control my spending but hey I love Target! So we bought a bunch of stuff, then it was off to payless to get Kara a new pair of sandals since the little turd lost her other pair (who knows how since she lost them in the house and we can not find them any where!) I let her choose the pair and the very first pair she went for were princess light up flip flops! remember Kara is only 18 months. But she didn't want any other shoes so that's what I bought her (and another pair of sandals that she will wear more often). Hey sometimes I let my kiddos splurge if they want a pair of shoes that are more for play then for purpose sometimes I allow it. She actually walks in them pretty well though! I'm a bit surprised.
Today I am tired and don't feel like doing anything.... So I think today I will just relax (like I don't do it every other day) Hopefully Kara doesn't get into to much the rest of the day (since she has been into EVERYTHING this morning!
Have a Great Day!
Catrina
Kara had her 18 month check up yesterday and it went pretty well.... For the most part. The doctor looked at her finger and said it looked good! It no longer looked infected, to just continue putting neosporin on it and cleaning it a few times a day. That's a relief that its fine, I was worried with as bad as it looked before we took the splinter out. Over all Kara looked good and her appointment went well. She weighs 23.9lbs (but for some reason they put 24lbs on her chart) she is in the 42nd % for weight, She is 33 1/4 in tall or 90% for height (yeah shes got some long legs) and she has a big noggin at 47.1cm (66%). Maybe that big head is holding a big brain (no wonder she picks things up so quickly, except for when it comes to getting into things she knows she should be in). The doctor noticed as she was doing her exam that Kara had some bumps on her legs and that's when I piped up and asked what they heck they were because she had them on her arms to and Brooke also has them on her arms, legs and torso. Well I guess its a skin condition called Keratosis Pilaris , Its a hereditary skin condition that cause bumps on the body that look like goosebumps, I guess there are worse forms of it that can be irritating and red but luckily for Kara and Brooke they just have flesh colored bumps that don't cause irritation. There is a lotion that the girls can use called Lac Hydrin but unfortunately Kara can not use it till she is 2 (not quite sure why about that one but I will be waiting to use it on her). Hopefully we don't have to many issues with it this summer because I notice when she is out in the sun on a hot day, the bumps get worse and spread, she still doesn't notice them but they spread. Its good to know that its nothing serious though.
After her appointment we went shopping were else but Target (hey her doctors is in the same area its hard not to go to the doctors and not hit Target afterwards). I tried to control my spending but hey I love Target! So we bought a bunch of stuff, then it was off to payless to get Kara a new pair of sandals since the little turd lost her other pair (who knows how since she lost them in the house and we can not find them any where!) I let her choose the pair and the very first pair she went for were princess light up flip flops! remember Kara is only 18 months. But she didn't want any other shoes so that's what I bought her (and another pair of sandals that she will wear more often). Hey sometimes I let my kiddos splurge if they want a pair of shoes that are more for play then for purpose sometimes I allow it. She actually walks in them pretty well though! I'm a bit surprised.
Today I am tired and don't feel like doing anything.... So I think today I will just relax (like I don't do it every other day) Hopefully Kara doesn't get into to much the rest of the day (since she has been into EVERYTHING this morning!
Have a Great Day!
Catrina
Monday, April 26, 2010
The Weekend...
Saturday 1 & 2 (Devin & Brooke) were at their great grandma's house (actually they stayed there all weekend) and David was working so although Kara is still a bit young at only 17 1/2 months we dedicated the day to wearing just underwear and sitting on the potty. It went well, no she never pee'd in the potty and she went through 7 pairs of underwear (through out the day), but she is ok with sitting on the toilet and we didn't have any messes to clean up. Lucky for me when she did pee in her undies it was very little amounts, so no mess. Eventually she started to realize that when she pee'd in her underwear that she need to go to the bathroom so she would run to the bathroom door and wait for me to sit her on the toilet. Its a process and although we will not be hurrying to try and get her trained by the time the baby gets here I figure what does it hurt to sit on the potty every so often and try? When she takes a shower or bath, she always (even without me saying anything) wants to sit on the toilet and go pee (even if she doesn't actually pee), but to my surprise (and I think to her's as well) she pee'd in the toilet last night before her shower, I clapped and got excited for her and she got a big smile! Of course she may not have pee'd if I wasn't splashing little bits of cold water on her naked tummy, but I figured everytime she gets in the tub and the water hits her feet she pee's so why not splash a little on her to get her motivated, right? It worked!
Sunday wasn't to busy of a day, sort of... We had to pick the girls up from my grandma's, and then go over to my freind Stacey's house to drop off her daughter Abby's birthday present, which I feel horrible because he birthday was on the 9th and we were just able to make it over there this weekend, but then again I have had sick kids every weekend since the 9th. One of the things that really sucks about moving in with my parents is that we live so far from our freinds now, I don't see Stacey as often as I use to, and that really bum's me out! We have been freinds since the 3rd grade and although we both lead somewhat busy lives its nice to hang out with your freind when you want to and not have to worry that you live to far away from them. The kids didn't really get to play for very long because Stacey had things that need to be done and we were going over to my mother in laws to visit (which we do every Sunday if you haven't picked up on that). We also got to see the kitty's they are growing up so much! Its cute to watch them walking now because they are still a little wobbly at 4 weeks old. Devin and Brooke gave the kittys some temporary names the last time they were at their grandma's house and I took some updated pictures for thier new owners, so I though I would share....
This here is "Kevin" He is still sort of looking for a new
Home. We have someone who will take him if we can't find
him a home, but still have time to look (till he is ready to leave mommy).
This here is "Evan" He reminds me of a little Teddy Bear and
has the sweetest little laid back temporment.
Meet "Spots" He is Devin's favorite kitty
and this here is "Sweetie Pie", Evan's twin sister and the
only little girl out of the bunch
Aren't they cute? They certainly are! I keep joking with my mom that we are going to bring "Kevin" home because the hubby likes that kitty. Of course my mom says that ain't happening and really I don't blame her, we have 3 male dogs and 3 females cats (not to mention the 4 adults & soon to be 4 children) in this house.
I was talking to my mother in law about my doubt in what the sex of the baby is, you may remember me talking about it in this post I have my reason and they may just because I've been hoping for a boy, I know that the baby is probably most likely a girl but I still have my little doubts and I think my mother in law understands were I am coming from if she understood what I was talking about completely (not alot of people understand the whole ultrasound thing and how to read them). But anyways, we were discussing if I will be getting another ultrasound done, and I would really like another one because I would love to see if we get a different opinion on the sex of the baby. But the mother in law made a good point... wouldn't it be nice to just wait till the baby gets here and be surprized by the fact that it may be a boy? Yeah that would be pretty awesome and I thought about it I may just wait, but the more I think about it the more I begin to think I still really don't want to wait, I am an impatient person. haha In my opinion 9 months is to long to wait for a baby (which I am sure alot of preggo mommies agree with me). I'm about 23 1/2 weeks now and I just don't want to wait.... Obviously I have no choice, baby needs time to grow and get healthy enough to be out here with us. So I am still not exactly sure if I will ask what the sex is again if we get another ultrasound or not, I guess we'll just have to see if I even get another ultrasound.....
My mom and I have discussed taking daily walks (so I can get in better shape with this pregnancy) I know its kinda stupid to have waited till I was almost 6 months pregnant but better late then never right?
Have a Great Day!
Catrina!
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