It was 11:45 pm on a Sunday night. The kids had gotten ready for bed long before. I noticed this on the kitchen stove as I was walking back to go to bed. This is Hollywood's doing. She put out all her stuff for the next morning to be ready to get going to school. Instant coffee, sugar, creamer, a lunch bag, peanut butter for her sandwich, and Doritos. This diet does not spell nutrition. Yikes. True to form, she took a "to go" mug of coffee on the bus with her this morning. Nothing like kissing your middle-schooler goodbye and noticing she has coffee breath.
I will at least have to switch her to decaf.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
Fun Friday Night
Hollywood has been baking again. :) She made this cupcake for a friend from school. She does such a nice job! She told me she wanted to go to a culinary arts school when she's out of high school. I told her she can do anything she sets her mind to. We think it would be fun to open a bakery/coffee shop together someday.
May is the name of kitten we are keeping from the litter that Natalie (the injured stray that we nursed back to health last summer) brought up on our front steps. She's almost 9 weeks old now. She loves to sit up on your shoulder...she tucks her head in and sleeps sometimes.
I took her to the vet yesterday for a check up and to start her vaccinations and also because she had a really yucky looking eye. I thought she had gotten something in it...the lid was so swollen and red. Hollywood was so worried about her...I couldn't just wait it out...it looked really bad. I used my birthday money to pay for the visit. Vets charge a lot for an office visit. It would have been $55 just to have the vet look at her eye...but for $95 I was able to have her look at the eye, do a complete evaluation, and get her whole first year of shots. It cost a little extra since she needed medicine for her eye. She has conjunctivitis so they gave her an antibiotic drop with a steroid in it. It helped overnight, but she has to be on it for a week. She's in the clear with everything else though - no worms, no mites, no fleas, clear lungs - she looks good.
My cousin just got back from a trip to New York City. It's the first time he's been out there. My mom was actually born in Brooklyn, NY. I've never been there yet either. He visited FAO Shwarz while he was there and got the ultimate Lego set for Lil Bro. My cousin just got back on Wednesday but he called tonight to see if I minded if he gave it to him early. Too cute! Of course I said to come on over. We all had supper together (I made a hot dish) and Lil Bro was so excited to open it he didn't want to eat. I used it as a bribe to get him to eat instead. After supper the kids all sat down with my cousin and put all of it together. That was a perfect gift for him - he LOVES it...he wanted to sleep with it tonight. :)
My cousin just got back from a trip to New York City. It's the first time he's been out there. My mom was actually born in Brooklyn, NY. I've never been there yet either. He visited FAO Shwarz while he was there and got the ultimate Lego set for Lil Bro. My cousin just got back on Wednesday but he called tonight to see if I minded if he gave it to him early. Too cute! Of course I said to come on over. We all had supper together (I made a hot dish) and Lil Bro was so excited to open it he didn't want to eat. I used it as a bribe to get him to eat instead. After supper the kids all sat down with my cousin and put all of it together. That was a perfect gift for him - he LOVES it...he wanted to sleep with it tonight. :)
Tomorrow evening a local church is having a live nativity scene outdoors. Live animals, angels, Mary, Joseph, Wise men, etc. I hope to bring the kids out there. It would be nice to see and come away with the true story of Jesus instead of all the commercial stuff the kids see too much of.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Thankful.
Random updates:
Lil Bro - doing great! It is coming up on the 3rd anniversary of his adoption next week. Three years have seriously flown by. Hard to believe how grown up he's getting! I was dressing him after his bath the other day and I said, "Look how long your legs are!! You're getting so long!" He told me he didn't want to have long legs but then I told him how great it was and the next thing you know he's yelling for Hollywood to come and see how long his legs were. Teeheehee.
Hollywood - I'm so proud of her! She got all A's and an A+ on her report card, along with 2 "pleasure to have in class" and a "terrific!" on the comments line. What an awesome student!! Tomorrow morning she goes in to get spacers put in between her molars - in preparation for her braces which go on in one week. I'm happy for her.
MK - I'm very proud of her report card too! She's in AP English (advanced placement) and had a really heavy work load in all her classes. She managed to get all A's and one B (in geometry)! Way to go MK!! I am so grateful to have such hard working kids - even though MK was totally frustrated many times with both her English class and her Geometry class, she stuck it out and pulled off awesome grades. Way to go!!
I really admire the young lady that MK is and is becoming. She is such a good girl. She tries hard in school and cares about her future. She exercises every single day and watches what she eats. She has good, close friends that I like to see her hang around and she is so responsible. She's a great dancer and can kick the cowboy hat off of a 6' tall man if she wanted to. I totally trust her and am so thankful that she is such a great kid.
Me - I'm sick again. Ya, no surprise. They took blood this time and said everything looked good except for my white count - that was high...so they said it's bacterial and gave me another round of antibiotics. I have the same sinus/ear pain as before so I also got a referral to an ear, nose, and throat specialist. Great. I don't get that. But maybe I need to go to bed earlier. Like now. :)
TTYL.
Lil Bro - doing great! It is coming up on the 3rd anniversary of his adoption next week. Three years have seriously flown by. Hard to believe how grown up he's getting! I was dressing him after his bath the other day and I said, "Look how long your legs are!! You're getting so long!" He told me he didn't want to have long legs but then I told him how great it was and the next thing you know he's yelling for Hollywood to come and see how long his legs were. Teeheehee.
Hollywood - I'm so proud of her! She got all A's and an A+ on her report card, along with 2 "pleasure to have in class" and a "terrific!" on the comments line. What an awesome student!! Tomorrow morning she goes in to get spacers put in between her molars - in preparation for her braces which go on in one week. I'm happy for her.
MK - I'm very proud of her report card too! She's in AP English (advanced placement) and had a really heavy work load in all her classes. She managed to get all A's and one B (in geometry)! Way to go MK!! I am so grateful to have such hard working kids - even though MK was totally frustrated many times with both her English class and her Geometry class, she stuck it out and pulled off awesome grades. Way to go!!
I really admire the young lady that MK is and is becoming. She is such a good girl. She tries hard in school and cares about her future. She exercises every single day and watches what she eats. She has good, close friends that I like to see her hang around and she is so responsible. She's a great dancer and can kick the cowboy hat off of a 6' tall man if she wanted to. I totally trust her and am so thankful that she is such a great kid.
Me - I'm sick again. Ya, no surprise. They took blood this time and said everything looked good except for my white count - that was high...so they said it's bacterial and gave me another round of antibiotics. I have the same sinus/ear pain as before so I also got a referral to an ear, nose, and throat specialist. Great. I don't get that. But maybe I need to go to bed earlier. Like now. :)
TTYL.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Just another weekend in our crazy lives
A snippet of my conversation today:
How cute is that?
Here's something else that is too cute from him:
He fell asleep holding his trinkets he won at a pizza joint we visited after MK's dance show this weekend. He had a blast there.
Hollywood had a friend over for the weekend. MK and the two of them went for a long walk to my brother's house and grandpa's house to see the cats and kittens they have there. We managed to find homes for 2 of the 4 kittens we have. We're keeping one of them for sure - the littlest one - a girl. The other one spent the night at my brother's house last night but wouldn't stop crying and howling so we took it back today. Maybe when she gets a little bigger we can try again...or maybe she'll stay. :) We'll see what happens.
Oh, and they are now in my laundry room. It's big...not like a closet or anything. There was a GIANORMOUS tom cat outside of our house Friday night - a stray - that did something to one of the kittens. We saw it out there and I chased it off, but it came back. We heard Christopher squeal like he was being hurt so we all ran out there...it ran off again. Christopher was okay but all 6 of the cats (mom, old baby, and the 4 kittens) were all freaked out...growling, hair raised, doing that arched back thing. Hollywood declared that they were not spending another night outside for fear of their lives. I made an appeal to my peeps on FB to find homes for them. Hollywood's old girl scout leader got a hold of me...she's the one who took both boys - Christopher and Jellybean. Whew! 2 less mouths to feed. But now I've got all 4...even the old baby in the house (he's not really tame...only Hollywood can get near him). This is temporary.
The one we're keeping took a nap with me today. I wasn't feeling well. I have yet another cold coming on. She's just the sweetest little thing. We took her upstairs and she just cuddled in for a nap on my lap. I went in my room and laid on my bed...she curled up on me and fell sound asleep too. Hollywood came and stole her after a while though...but I slept for at least an hour. Lil bro is sick with a cold too. It was really tough to get motivated today. I guess the tree will wait until tomorrow.
We've been doing our advent calendar countdown thing. Lil Bro loves that whole thing. He gets it now - that we move it just one spot per day and when it gets to the 25 it will be Christmas. I love re-living the excitement of the holidays through him.
Me: I bet you’ll be so excited to start school.
Lil Bro: With (Hollywood) and (MK)?
Me: Ya, I bet you’ll love going to school.
Lil Bro: Thank you. Thank you for saying that.
How cute is that?
Here's something else that is too cute from him:
He fell asleep holding his trinkets he won at a pizza joint we visited after MK's dance show this weekend. He had a blast there.
Hollywood had a friend over for the weekend. MK and the two of them went for a long walk to my brother's house and grandpa's house to see the cats and kittens they have there. We managed to find homes for 2 of the 4 kittens we have. We're keeping one of them for sure - the littlest one - a girl. The other one spent the night at my brother's house last night but wouldn't stop crying and howling so we took it back today. Maybe when she gets a little bigger we can try again...or maybe she'll stay. :) We'll see what happens.
Oh, and they are now in my laundry room. It's big...not like a closet or anything. There was a GIANORMOUS tom cat outside of our house Friday night - a stray - that did something to one of the kittens. We saw it out there and I chased it off, but it came back. We heard Christopher squeal like he was being hurt so we all ran out there...it ran off again. Christopher was okay but all 6 of the cats (mom, old baby, and the 4 kittens) were all freaked out...growling, hair raised, doing that arched back thing. Hollywood declared that they were not spending another night outside for fear of their lives. I made an appeal to my peeps on FB to find homes for them. Hollywood's old girl scout leader got a hold of me...she's the one who took both boys - Christopher and Jellybean. Whew! 2 less mouths to feed. But now I've got all 4...even the old baby in the house (he's not really tame...only Hollywood can get near him). This is temporary.
The one we're keeping took a nap with me today. I wasn't feeling well. I have yet another cold coming on. She's just the sweetest little thing. We took her upstairs and she just cuddled in for a nap on my lap. I went in my room and laid on my bed...she curled up on me and fell sound asleep too. Hollywood came and stole her after a while though...but I slept for at least an hour. Lil bro is sick with a cold too. It was really tough to get motivated today. I guess the tree will wait until tomorrow.
We've been doing our advent calendar countdown thing. Lil Bro loves that whole thing. He gets it now - that we move it just one spot per day and when it gets to the 25 it will be Christmas. I love re-living the excitement of the holidays through him.
Friday, December 2, 2011
A yummy recipe your kids will love - Chinese-Style Meatballs
I got the yummiest Chinese-style turkey meatball recipe off of Disney family website - we can't get enough of them. You can find it here:
http://family.go.com/food/recipe-819870-chinese-style-turkey-meatballs-t/
SO GOOD!!! And easy!
http://family.go.com/food/recipe-819870-chinese-style-turkey-meatballs-t/
SO GOOD!!! And easy!
Thursday, December 1, 2011
2nd Opinion Dentist & Ablation
I brought Lil Brother to the 2nd pediatric dentist to get their opinion. They were able to do a full cleaning on him and get 5 x-rays too! I was impressed with the time they took with him and the gentleness with which they got him to cooperate. He had such a good time, he asked if he could go back again today! They have a gumball type machine filled with small trinkets and at the end of the visit they gave him a token to use to get his prize. That left quite an impression on him too. He was such a brave boy. The x-rays hurt and made him gag...his eyes were watering too. But after each one he let them do the next one. I counted them down for him...with tears in my eyes watching him. Such a brave boy!
They got the job. They said the same as the first dentist - he needs caps. They plan on putting 10 on - one on each molar and one on each of his two front teeth. The best part is that they are right next door to a big hospital so that's where the work will be done. They'll put him under for about an hour. I have to wait to find out how much the insurance is going to pay and how much I have to pay and then it will hopefully be able to be scheduled for January. I still have to figure the money part out, but am waiting to find out how much it is first.
Right after his early morning appointment, I rushed him up to daycare, dropped off my truck and got a ride down to my doctor appointment (from my auntie M.) an hour away. I had an ablation done on my uterus. Basically they knock you out, insert some machine thing into your uterus and burn off your flesh inside there. Sounds fun, doesn't it? Ya, it is as fun as it sounds. They strongly encouraged me to take a pain pill right away when I got home. I hate pain meds and can't really take them very well. They make me basically pass out for hours afterward. Which is what I did. I fell asleep with a heating pad on my lower belly for a few hours. I had to sleep on my side though because on my back I kept stopping breathing and would jerk awake. Not sure why...but I think it is from the pain meds...maybe a little too relaxed?
I came through it okay...I slept off and on for 18+ hours. I didn't go to work today either and slept in. I haven't taken any more pain meds since they make me feel so exhausted and weird. I've just been taking ibuprofen. I can feel little contraction-like feelings in my uterus...they said it might spasm from what they did. I can handle it though - the pain isn't bad...just a little annoying. I plan to go to work tomorrow.
The point of the procedure is to kill off the tissue that you get your period from. Since my periods were so heavy (like I thought more than once that I was hemorrhaging) and sometimes came twice a month, they had to do something. I'm not having any more kids, so this was an option for me. Going forward I should either not have a period or have a very light period. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
This weekend's goal: put up the tree and get family pictures done (by me).
They got the job. They said the same as the first dentist - he needs caps. They plan on putting 10 on - one on each molar and one on each of his two front teeth. The best part is that they are right next door to a big hospital so that's where the work will be done. They'll put him under for about an hour. I have to wait to find out how much the insurance is going to pay and how much I have to pay and then it will hopefully be able to be scheduled for January. I still have to figure the money part out, but am waiting to find out how much it is first.
Right after his early morning appointment, I rushed him up to daycare, dropped off my truck and got a ride down to my doctor appointment (from my auntie M.) an hour away. I had an ablation done on my uterus. Basically they knock you out, insert some machine thing into your uterus and burn off your flesh inside there. Sounds fun, doesn't it? Ya, it is as fun as it sounds. They strongly encouraged me to take a pain pill right away when I got home. I hate pain meds and can't really take them very well. They make me basically pass out for hours afterward. Which is what I did. I fell asleep with a heating pad on my lower belly for a few hours. I had to sleep on my side though because on my back I kept stopping breathing and would jerk awake. Not sure why...but I think it is from the pain meds...maybe a little too relaxed?
I came through it okay...I slept off and on for 18+ hours. I didn't go to work today either and slept in. I haven't taken any more pain meds since they make me feel so exhausted and weird. I've just been taking ibuprofen. I can feel little contraction-like feelings in my uterus...they said it might spasm from what they did. I can handle it though - the pain isn't bad...just a little annoying. I plan to go to work tomorrow.
The point of the procedure is to kill off the tissue that you get your period from. Since my periods were so heavy (like I thought more than once that I was hemorrhaging) and sometimes came twice a month, they had to do something. I'm not having any more kids, so this was an option for me. Going forward I should either not have a period or have a very light period. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
This weekend's goal: put up the tree and get family pictures done (by me).
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