Sunday, November 18, 2007
Things I've Done Today
8:30- Started my day.
9:15 Fixed Breakfast and read newspaper.
10:30 Took movie rentals back to the store.
11:30 Took air conditioner and outdoor toys out to the garage.
12:15 Fixed Lunch
1:00 Went to the Honeybaked Ham Store to pick up ham for Thanksgiving.
2:00 Ran to Family Dollar for Laundry Soap.
3:00 Dusted the ceiling in the kitchen (don't ask)and dusted ceiling fan.
3:45 Started laundry
4:00 Swept living room and upstairs hallway.
5:00 Started Dinner
6:00 Did the dishes.
6:15 Placed clothes on hangers so children could put them away.
7:00 Gave the kids leftover Halloween Candy...because I was too tired to fix a proper snack.
8:00 Supervised bath time. (Basically just me yelling at everyone to quit splashing)
9:00 Redid Blog Template.
9:30 Tucked all children into bed.
10:30 Finished Laundry (Not really...but I'm not doing anything else today.)
11:00 Go to Bed(Hopefully)
9:15 Fixed Breakfast and read newspaper.
10:30 Took movie rentals back to the store.
11:30 Took air conditioner and outdoor toys out to the garage.
12:15 Fixed Lunch
1:00 Went to the Honeybaked Ham Store to pick up ham for Thanksgiving.
2:00 Ran to Family Dollar for Laundry Soap.
3:00 Dusted the ceiling in the kitchen (don't ask)and dusted ceiling fan.
3:45 Started laundry
4:00 Swept living room and upstairs hallway.
5:00 Started Dinner
6:00 Did the dishes.
6:15 Placed clothes on hangers so children could put them away.
7:00 Gave the kids leftover Halloween Candy...because I was too tired to fix a proper snack.
8:00 Supervised bath time. (Basically just me yelling at everyone to quit splashing)
9:00 Redid Blog Template.
9:30 Tucked all children into bed.
10:30 Finished Laundry (Not really...but I'm not doing anything else today.)
11:00 Go to Bed(Hopefully)
Saturday, November 10, 2007
The Tooth that Refuses to Leave
I finally got my nerve up and went to the dentist. (Mostly because the throbbing of my tooth keeps me awake at night) I almost scared myself silly reading about tooth extractions on the Internet. Then I came across this picture, which completely and utterly freaked me out.
So after two hours in the dentist office and countless x-rays of my entire mouth, my tooth and I are still united.
Sigh...
I don't need a dentist. I need an oral surgeon. I could get it pulled today...if I were willing to go to Pickerington, Ohio. (I don't drive AND I don't know where Pickerington is...but I'm pretty sure it's not on the bus line)
So "Throbby" (my affectionate name for the problem tooth) is still hanging out in my mouth, but not hurting due to a lovely prescription for a painkiller (and an antibiotic)
I think Throbby is trying to ruin my Thanksgiving, by making it impossible for me to eat.
So after two hours in the dentist office and countless x-rays of my entire mouth, my tooth and I are still united.
Sigh...
I don't need a dentist. I need an oral surgeon. I could get it pulled today...if I were willing to go to Pickerington, Ohio. (I don't drive AND I don't know where Pickerington is...but I'm pretty sure it's not on the bus line)
So "Throbby" (my affectionate name for the problem tooth) is still hanging out in my mouth, but not hurting due to a lovely prescription for a painkiller (and an antibiotic)
I think Throbby is trying to ruin my Thanksgiving, by making it impossible for me to eat.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Monday, October 29, 2007
"Wii" Are Addicted
I swore I would never pay that kind of money for a video game system, but the Nintendo Wii (Wii is pronounced "we") looked like soooo much fun. I had spent the past month and a half trying to find one, but didn't have any luck.
Yesterday, I was looking through the Sunday Advertisements and saw that Meijer was going to have 10 Wii's in stock that morning. I really didn't believe we'd get one and I still wasn't sure it would be worth the money, but off we went to the store. As I steered my cart into the toy aisle I spotted an employee and the store manager putting one Wii box in the display case. My eyes must have lit up like a kid at Christmas because the manager took one look at me and said "Oh, you look like you want one of these."
I bobbed my head like a pre-schooler on a sugar high.
The rest happened so fast it was like a blur. Paid for it. Finished grocery shopping. Couldn't even concentrate, I was so excited. After dinner I hooked it up to 'Cole's tv.
And wowie wow wow... It was so fun !
We all took turns playing bowling, boxing, and tennis. No one argued. No one got angry about losing. We laughed and had a really enjoyable time. Plus, we got a heck of a workout. Boxing and tennis really require a lot of movement and I even worked up a sweat.
Best money I've spent all year.
The kids are excited about next weekend because we still have two more games to try, baseball and golf.
Yesterday, I was looking through the Sunday Advertisements and saw that Meijer was going to have 10 Wii's in stock that morning. I really didn't believe we'd get one and I still wasn't sure it would be worth the money, but off we went to the store. As I steered my cart into the toy aisle I spotted an employee and the store manager putting one Wii box in the display case. My eyes must have lit up like a kid at Christmas because the manager took one look at me and said "Oh, you look like you want one of these."
I bobbed my head like a pre-schooler on a sugar high.
The rest happened so fast it was like a blur. Paid for it. Finished grocery shopping. Couldn't even concentrate, I was so excited. After dinner I hooked it up to 'Cole's tv.
And wowie wow wow... It was so fun !
We all took turns playing bowling, boxing, and tennis. No one argued. No one got angry about losing. We laughed and had a really enjoyable time. Plus, we got a heck of a workout. Boxing and tennis really require a lot of movement and I even worked up a sweat.
Best money I've spent all year.
The kids are excited about next weekend because we still have two more games to try, baseball and golf.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Pickles Cooks Dinner
There's no pictures of this, but I should have made a bigger deal about it. (actually I was kind of negative and it probably wasn't as enjoyable for him as it should have been...I'll do better next time)
I planned the menu and wrote out a grocery list for him. Pretty simple menu. He made Chicken Taco Pasta Bake, Garden Salad and for dessert Breath Mint Pie.
We went to the store and I handed him his list. I told him to gather the items on the list and off he went. I went to do my own grocery shopping.
He had about 10 things on his list. It took him a while to find everything (about 30 minutes) and I had to help him a bit, but overall he did pretty good.
Hopefully he learned alot. (but mostly he made a mess)
Dinner was enjoyable, he did a great job.
We will absolutely have to do it again.
Next time I'll take pictures.
I planned the menu and wrote out a grocery list for him. Pretty simple menu. He made Chicken Taco Pasta Bake, Garden Salad and for dessert Breath Mint Pie.
We went to the store and I handed him his list. I told him to gather the items on the list and off he went. I went to do my own grocery shopping.
He had about 10 things on his list. It took him a while to find everything (about 30 minutes) and I had to help him a bit, but overall he did pretty good.
Hopefully he learned alot. (but mostly he made a mess)
Dinner was enjoyable, he did a great job.
We will absolutely have to do it again.
Next time I'll take pictures.
Parenting Burnout and the Single Mom
I'm tired. There I said it.
Somewhere along the line I stopped being the parent I want to be and need to be.
I know I'm supposed to take time to rejuvenate myself and meet my own needs, but there's just not enough hours in the day for that.
I try to find quiet time at the end of the day when everyone is in bed, but find myself picking something up or just trying to wash a few more loads of laundry.
There's always so much that needs to be done. So much laundry, so many things to plan, so much stuff to pick up or clean up. (and don't even get me started on the girl's room)
I haven't been in the mood to pull out the board games this whole entire year. I think we only went bike riding twice this year. It's so much easier to do things with the kids outside the house. Saturday we went out for lunch at Steak and Shake and went to a movie ('The Game Plan'). and I was actually pretty relaxed.
Maybe it's cabin fever.
All I know is I feel stressed without any reason, and it is such a strange feeling because I don't know what is causing the stress.
The kids aren't acting any different, my job is remarkably easy, I'm earning more money than I've ever made, and yet I almost feel suffocated.
I used to be the fun parent. We would play games together, I'd give the girl's pedicures and manicures, we'd play legos together (that's strange, I haven't even seen the legos this year.).
Maybe I need a vacation.
It's time to make some changes, I know that much. I certainly can't go on like this.
Somewhere along the line I stopped being the parent I want to be and need to be.
I know I'm supposed to take time to rejuvenate myself and meet my own needs, but there's just not enough hours in the day for that.
I try to find quiet time at the end of the day when everyone is in bed, but find myself picking something up or just trying to wash a few more loads of laundry.
There's always so much that needs to be done. So much laundry, so many things to plan, so much stuff to pick up or clean up. (and don't even get me started on the girl's room)
I haven't been in the mood to pull out the board games this whole entire year. I think we only went bike riding twice this year. It's so much easier to do things with the kids outside the house. Saturday we went out for lunch at Steak and Shake and went to a movie ('The Game Plan'). and I was actually pretty relaxed.
Maybe it's cabin fever.
All I know is I feel stressed without any reason, and it is such a strange feeling because I don't know what is causing the stress.
The kids aren't acting any different, my job is remarkably easy, I'm earning more money than I've ever made, and yet I almost feel suffocated.
I used to be the fun parent. We would play games together, I'd give the girl's pedicures and manicures, we'd play legos together (that's strange, I haven't even seen the legos this year.).
Maybe I need a vacation.
It's time to make some changes, I know that much. I certainly can't go on like this.
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