Yeah, Yeah, Yeah....

So, I suck... it's been a while since I've posted... and I DO have so much to share... stories to tell... and PICTURES!!!!! But, I've been busy...and that's a good thing!  :-)

Today, I am bouncing off the walls excited at all mine and Scott's plans coming up!!!!!!  My hubby gets in these mid-winter moods... and I have to say, we ALL benefit!  :-)  On Valentines Day, he came home and surprised us all with a "let's stay at a hotel with a pool this coming weekend!"  Just for fun... no other reason... and Ally has a long weekend with Presidents Day. So, we are gonna stay at a Kids' Suite at the new Holiday Inn (Ally calls it "the one that Uncle Adam built!") and swim and have a little night away!!!!! FUN!

Then, Scott announces last night..... "I think we should go to Mexico....."  HAHA!!!! He found a great deal at a super nice place.. and so, there you have it. We are going. It's all booked.  ;-)  And... I found amazing cheap flights to St. Louis to go see my Mom with Ally for Spring Break... and our Outer Banks trip is all booked, flights and everything.  SWEET!!!

Scott also announces that he'd like us to go to South Haven for a week this summer.... he was obvioulsy in a planning mood too.  ;-)

Lunch Date!

Today Scott and I met for lunch and it was just what the doctor ordered!!!!  We have been sick, busy and just plain not taking the time we should for our relationship.... and that one hour (and a half technically!) was just what we need to catch UP!!!! We started chatting last night... and ended up staying up far too late for us (1 am!) as we require a lot of sleep to function.  We just have a LOT going on right now (a post for another time.......) and we need to do a better job of talking and just touching base.....

It was such a great break in the middle of our day... and I truly think the best conversations happen when you are out of your element... as in not at home!!!!!!  At least this works for us anyway. The only thing that would have made it better was a bottle of wine, but our employers frown upon drinking during work hours.  Such sticklers for rules.....  :-))))))

We talked about jobs, hopes, dreams, houses, school, what the hell we are doing with our lives... seriously people... it's like we sloved world hunger in an hour (and a half!).  It just felt good....
We too often get in a rut of kids lives and busy-ness..... jobs... and activities... and we forget to touch base and talk to our partner in this crazy journey of life!  It's really nice to have a moment, and we didn't even have to plan this one... we just happened upon it....... all the better.  :-)

Glimmer of Hope...

I feel better today!  YAY!!!!!  It's such a relief when you start to feel better after an illness.  Every time I'm sick, no matter what the time period... I always feel such a sense of euphoria when I feel well again. It makes me thankful that I am, overall, healthy!  And it makes me feel all the more sorry for the chronically ill. 

Scott, however, is feeling worse today.  His throat is super sore... and I have heard of a few cases of strep, so I hope he doesn't have that.  My throat never hurt.  I feel so bad for him.  It's his second day home from work and he NEVER stays home..... so I know he's hurtin' when he does!

I was able to get up extra early and get dressed and ready before it was time to wake the kids up.  Ally is actually getting up herself these days, using the alarm on her iPod Touch.  :-) She likes this. But, she always brings her clothes into my bathroom, cuz it's all warm from my shower and my being shut in there for the previous hour.  It's the warmest room in the house I think. So, we got her dressed and I could actually make eggs for breakfast and get us all dressed and out the door. Dogs out and fed.  Garbage to the street.  And everyone got to school and work on time!

Thank God for my health and the pep back in my step!!!  Hooray!!!!!! :-)

Still Sick...

Ugh. Woke up this morning, head pounding worse than ever (maybe cuz I didn't take my Nyquil last night?) and this time, I felt horridly nauseated too.  Completely stuffed. Still achy, but no where near as bad as when it all began... and generally still run down.  I feel awful.  Mostly because I don't have the usual pep in my step.  I need to be healthy for my kids again.  Healthy so I can actually THINK at work instead of coast through my day in a haze.  I have lots of evening commitments this week.  A Lock-In meeting at school tomorrow... Information Night at school Wednesday and sushi with the girls after.  I am supposed to meet my step-sis and her new baby Thursday for lunch.  A jewelry party Thursday evening.  And, Friday is Ally's big Valentines Day party at school, which I coordinate........ no time to be sick!!!!!!!

So, I'm going to the doc tomorrow. He will likely tell me I have a virus and there's nothing he can do. It's times like this I actually HOPE for an infection so I can be proactive and take something..... I'm a mom buddy, I don't have TIME to be sick!!!!!!!!

Scott started with it Saturday night. I feel so bad for him. We couldn't make it to our Superbowl Party. We would have been the biggest party poopers.  We are a pathetic crew......

We were looking at pictures (mostly watching our Apple TV screen saver) one evening... and we longingly looked at pictures from our trip, just the two of us to Scottsdale last March...... ah..... to dream. We could really use a get away.  I am starting to really despise winter.  I'm sick of feeling cold and crappy and I'm sick of the yuck that the snow brings. Everything is dirty.  My cleaning lady comes today.... and my  house will be clean for exactly a few hours until the kids and the dogs drag the mud and snow in.  Lovely.

Aren't I a cup of cheer today?  ;-)

My boss came in this morning and asked me if I had anything for our weekly meeting.  Um....that would be a big fat NO.  I'm worthless buddy. I'm so sorry.  Go commiserate with my kids. They aren't a big fan of me either.

We did very little this past weekend, but Ally and I did make it to church on Saturday evening and ran the errands needed to get stuff for her book report poster project.  Friday night, we got takeout and the kids were in a silly mood....... I want to post these pictures of them doing what they do when we're cooped up at home.... the love to ride their scooters... and then, they all decided to run and slide down the hall.  This is what you do for fun when your parents suck....  ;-)

 

Even Daddy got into it..........  :-)

Project Life 2011....

Here it is, February of 2011 and I have kept completely up to date with Project Life 2011. I printed, placed and journaled my picture today. Ally and her book report poster.

She was so proud of her work!! And I was proud to take her picture and kick off the week with it! Last week's pictures consist of weekend photos from our friend's weekend (which I have already blogged!), photos of the snow, Ally's open house at school (and her report card all folded up into a small insert) and Allan's funeral program. Because even though it was sad.... It was a part of our life this past week... And it was an event worth remembering. It was a beautiful service.

Ally's birthday was the entire previous insert!! And I started adding 8 1/2 x 11 inserts to hold "extra" stuff. In this case... Cards and such from her birthday!!!

And then.... The highlight of this journey thus far.... I had the book out on the dining room table... And Scott must have finally looked at it. He comes and finds me putting Ally's clothes away and says... "what you're doing with the pictures... that is amazing... awesome babe...". Ok. He gets it now. :-)

As I look back on the month of January and smile, I can only imagine how I will feel about the year when I look back.

Yay me. :-)

Post From My iPhone

Looking Back....

I have no idea where this week went. Or what I did except lay around sick. I know I took the kids here and there. Attended school functions. Attended a funeral. But I'm pretty sure all that was done in a cold medicine haze. I don't really feel like I was present at anything! I hate that. I hate being sick and I can't wait for this week to be over and to start anew tomorrow!!!

Ally and I are going to go out and get supplies for the poster portion of her book report, which she did on Mother Theresa. She has to draw a picture of her profile. She wants to get yarn for her hair and blue fabric for her dress. Ally is ten times more artistic than I will ever be and I love watching her creative mind at work.

She and I will go to mass and grab a bite to eat and have some time before coming home to her little brother. ;). She and Luke had quite the evening of fighting last night. They each need some one on one attention. It's been a hard week for them too, just in different ways. So Scott is out and about with Luke now and Ally and I get our turn. Then, Scott has a poker night with the guys that he is looking forward to.... And I am just fine with an early to bed/watch a movie kind of night. Maybe, just maybe I will have a glass of wine... But since I'm still taking Nyquil to sleep, maybe not. ;)

Tomorrow I hope we can make it to the Walker Superbowl Party!!!! Fingers crossed!!!!


-- Post From My iPhone

Catholic Schools Week...

This is posted on Queen's Facebook and web page today:


Queen of the Miraculous Medal School ‎"My School:  I like my school because… I LOVE there lunches there so good! I like my teacher she’s so nice. I like library, computers. I love art I love the book fairs I love all the teachers that work there. I like the play ground. I like gym, Spanish every thing usually. the things we do in our class room are super fun I like my friends that go there."  -Ally




A big shout out to my cousin Sarah for drawing my attention to it!!!!!!!!!!!

Craptastic Week...

It has not been the best of weeks.  I'm not gonna lie.  I woke up Monday morning, feeling great!  Went to work... and slowly, as the morning went along, I could feel myself coming down with something. It hit me like a truck.... and by that evening, I was full-fledged sick as a dog.  :-(

Then, we get a terrible call, informing us that my brother-in-law's father, Allan, had passed away. Someone we all know and love to pieces.  One of the greatest men I know. The kindest man I've ever met. He always had a smile on his face and love in his heart.  He was truly, truly, a great man.  He was 55.  A heart attack came and ripped him right out of the lives of everyone he loved....

Both Scott and I were rocked to our core with the news. It was just so awful to think of Adam without his dad, who he did so much with.  Awful to think of Ann without her partner.  Of Grace, Jilli and Lyla without their Papa.

I continued to get more and more sick...  from the news and from what I assume is a horrid cold.  I haven't gotten dressed or left the house in two days.  I am pulling it together for visitation and Ally's open house at school tonite.  But, mostly, I just want to lay in bed with my heating pad.

Craptastic week indeed....

We got a ton more snow. I'm so over the snow.  So ready to move anywhere that doesn't have snow. Ever. Ally had a snow day yesterday... and Scott stayed home too, thank god. Not sure I could have taken care of the kids like this.  Ally went to school today, for that I too am thankful... cuz she requires a lot more interaction (who knew!?) than Luke who was happy to lay around with me all day and do nothing at all.

So... it's just been one of those weeks I am happy to see come to an end soon... we all have 'em.  Hope yours is going better.....