A Day Late...
The pox have come to play, the pox have come to play. Hi-ho-the-dairy-o, the pox have come to play.
Chicken pox have been spotted(hee hee) around the scalp and upon the back of Lilly. She is grinning and has no idea what she is in for. We are so happy to have poxage instead of a mutant child who cannot get them. Now I am off to call the doc about some sort of medicine that makes them not "as bad".
Also, I have posted my blog on Miss Zoot so maybe the whole world will know there are weird people who expose their children to the pox instead of getting shots. I am doing my part to support life-long immunity instead of a lifetime of boosters.
We are unplugging from life for a while and enjoying the land of quarantine...unless you want to invite the pox over to visit your house too!! We will be most contagious for the next two days.
Why am I so happy?? I love a successful experiment!!
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
My child is super-human!!
Well maybe she is. Still no chicken pox. They should have started last night. Today her alabaster skin is still clear. Not exactly, she is covered with scars from scratched mosquito bites, the leapfrog wound is healing and there is residual redness from poison ivy-BUT, nothing new. I called the doctor today to make sure I did not get her the vaccine. No vaccine. The nurse said sometimes people don't get them. I will be forced to do the shot if this plan does not work. The best laid plans...
We are taking a mini-trip. We are all excited. It is only to Aurora, but that is just fine indeedy for us. We will take the boat to a body of water we very seldom go to so it will be very exciting and we will rent a cabin/room. Aurora is untouched by the changing times. Walking into one of their hotel rooms or cabins is like stepping back in time. 1950s. We love it. Google Aurora, KY and marvel at the lack of changes in this small town!!
We are trying to survive this spontaneous week!! Yesterday Erik made much needed repairs to the boat trailer while I did school, meals and caught up on laundry-hey that is what I always do!! He did occupy Lilly alot so that was fun and different.
We may have missed music classes for no reason and that really stinks.
I'll keep you posted on the days of our pox/nonpox. No church tonight-just in case. Don't want to share the love unintentionally!
Well maybe she is. Still no chicken pox. They should have started last night. Today her alabaster skin is still clear. Not exactly, she is covered with scars from scratched mosquito bites, the leapfrog wound is healing and there is residual redness from poison ivy-BUT, nothing new. I called the doctor today to make sure I did not get her the vaccine. No vaccine. The nurse said sometimes people don't get them. I will be forced to do the shot if this plan does not work. The best laid plans...
We are taking a mini-trip. We are all excited. It is only to Aurora, but that is just fine indeedy for us. We will take the boat to a body of water we very seldom go to so it will be very exciting and we will rent a cabin/room. Aurora is untouched by the changing times. Walking into one of their hotel rooms or cabins is like stepping back in time. 1950s. We love it. Google Aurora, KY and marvel at the lack of changes in this small town!!
We are trying to survive this spontaneous week!! Yesterday Erik made much needed repairs to the boat trailer while I did school, meals and caught up on laundry-hey that is what I always do!! He did occupy Lilly alot so that was fun and different.
We may have missed music classes for no reason and that really stinks.
I'll keep you posted on the days of our pox/nonpox. No church tonight-just in case. Don't want to share the love unintentionally!
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
My husband was all set...
...to pull the best, most well-thought out prank of his life. He had a red rose and a honey walnut cookie(Kirchoff's, best in the whole world). He was all set to tell me he had traded in his jeep for the little red corvette sitting in our driveway. The rose and the cookie were to soften the blow.
REAL-LIFE scenario?? He walked in the door and heard me having a heart-to-heart with Lilly in her room and came in with the rose and the cookie. Since I was feeling like the worst parent in the whole world and knew nothing of what he drove up in, I thought he was just being sweet not being a trickster. I immediately dissolved into a pool of tears and said I don't deserve a cookie or a rose. WOW!! Talk about deflating a practical joke. When the tears finally stopped he told me about his whole joke plan and then we all took turns going for a ride in the "hot" car.
The girls were so impressed with the car which we borrowed all weekend.(A guy on Erik's route has been telling him to borrow it for the weekend and take me out on a date in it forever...Erik finally said yes) Erik and I had date night Saturday night and it was fun to be in a red corvette instead of a white mini-van. I drove it a couple of times and it was neat but I think I like something a little less showy...and a five-speed...if I'm going to be sporty that is. In my life though, the best thing to drive is a mini-van. Plenty of room and lots of doors.
Our date Saturday was The River's Edge Film Festival. Even though the tickets were free, I still wanted my money back...hee hee. I think independent films are just not very good. We are lucky we were involved with shorts films and animated films or it could have been worse. I know the basic jist is to show off their directing, angles, film abilities, etc. But they were just not entertaining. Our "showcase" was from 5:30-7:30 and I have never seen a theatre emptied more quickly in my life!! Some people left before 7:30 and I so wanted to be one of those people, but Erik wanted to see it through...hoping. The last one was the best. In Japanese. With subtitles. The best one, subtitles. Hurray, get your tickets for next year before they sell out.
While it was not the best date of my life, it was awesome to be away from the kiddos and spend some time with my honey alone. I think he was a little hurt that I did not enjoy myself more. Maybe I am a red-neck, I wanted to see Talladaga Nights. Will Ferrell is funny. I like funny. In his defense, Erik wanted to see that too, but free tickets are free tickets. We were frugal. And cultured.
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It is Tuesday and we await the outbreak of chicken pox eagerly. We are quarantining ourselves until Thursday and if we don't have them by then it won't be the first time our plans went awry!! We are still going boating though!! As long as Lilly feels okay. Of course we won't take her if she is very fevery and sick-but just pox will not keep us out of the lake. Away from people, yes. Fun with nature, no.
Erik is on vacation this week so we are off track and spontaneous. It drives me crazy to not have any sort of plan, but he likes to take it easy and do things as the mood strikes him. It is like herding cats. Speaking of which, we are down to one kitten and it just so happens to be the girl's favorite one. We may keep it. We still have a week to decide as they are five weeks. It is awfully cute.
My posting will be very spontaneous like my week.
...to pull the best, most well-thought out prank of his life. He had a red rose and a honey walnut cookie(Kirchoff's, best in the whole world). He was all set to tell me he had traded in his jeep for the little red corvette sitting in our driveway. The rose and the cookie were to soften the blow.
REAL-LIFE scenario?? He walked in the door and heard me having a heart-to-heart with Lilly in her room and came in with the rose and the cookie. Since I was feeling like the worst parent in the whole world and knew nothing of what he drove up in, I thought he was just being sweet not being a trickster. I immediately dissolved into a pool of tears and said I don't deserve a cookie or a rose. WOW!! Talk about deflating a practical joke. When the tears finally stopped he told me about his whole joke plan and then we all took turns going for a ride in the "hot" car.
The girls were so impressed with the car which we borrowed all weekend.(A guy on Erik's route has been telling him to borrow it for the weekend and take me out on a date in it forever...Erik finally said yes) Erik and I had date night Saturday night and it was fun to be in a red corvette instead of a white mini-van. I drove it a couple of times and it was neat but I think I like something a little less showy...and a five-speed...if I'm going to be sporty that is. In my life though, the best thing to drive is a mini-van. Plenty of room and lots of doors.
Our date Saturday was The River's Edge Film Festival. Even though the tickets were free, I still wanted my money back...hee hee. I think independent films are just not very good. We are lucky we were involved with shorts films and animated films or it could have been worse. I know the basic jist is to show off their directing, angles, film abilities, etc. But they were just not entertaining. Our "showcase" was from 5:30-7:30 and I have never seen a theatre emptied more quickly in my life!! Some people left before 7:30 and I so wanted to be one of those people, but Erik wanted to see it through...hoping. The last one was the best. In Japanese. With subtitles. The best one, subtitles. Hurray, get your tickets for next year before they sell out.
While it was not the best date of my life, it was awesome to be away from the kiddos and spend some time with my honey alone. I think he was a little hurt that I did not enjoy myself more. Maybe I am a red-neck, I wanted to see Talladaga Nights. Will Ferrell is funny. I like funny. In his defense, Erik wanted to see that too, but free tickets are free tickets. We were frugal. And cultured.
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It is Tuesday and we await the outbreak of chicken pox eagerly. We are quarantining ourselves until Thursday and if we don't have them by then it won't be the first time our plans went awry!! We are still going boating though!! As long as Lilly feels okay. Of course we won't take her if she is very fevery and sick-but just pox will not keep us out of the lake. Away from people, yes. Fun with nature, no.
Erik is on vacation this week so we are off track and spontaneous. It drives me crazy to not have any sort of plan, but he likes to take it easy and do things as the mood strikes him. It is like herding cats. Speaking of which, we are down to one kitten and it just so happens to be the girl's favorite one. We may keep it. We still have a week to decide as they are five weeks. It is awfully cute.
My posting will be very spontaneous like my week.
Friday, August 18, 2006
I don't know what I am doing!!!!
I stripped Lilly's room to the bare walls yesterday. Her behavior was completely out of control all this week, but after some writing on the wall and breaking her mirror for sport, a drew a line in the sand so to speak. We took every toy and pretty thing from her room except one doll and one set-around on her dresser. It is empty. She must earn it all back with good behavior or lose even more. I must remember to notice the positive today and this weekend. There is a distinct difference in her behavior today-I hope this works. I don't know what I am doing!!!! I am fearful someone will come for my mommy license.
In other news, one of my friends at church is expecting!! This will be their first and I am so excited!! She will be too if she can find a medicine that makes her stop throwing up!! I had great pregnancy with no sick, so I can't relate. I am praying for her though. That I can do.
Gotta go, we are trying to get as much school as possible today before some friends come to visit. Have a great weekend.
I stripped Lilly's room to the bare walls yesterday. Her behavior was completely out of control all this week, but after some writing on the wall and breaking her mirror for sport, a drew a line in the sand so to speak. We took every toy and pretty thing from her room except one doll and one set-around on her dresser. It is empty. She must earn it all back with good behavior or lose even more. I must remember to notice the positive today and this weekend. There is a distinct difference in her behavior today-I hope this works. I don't know what I am doing!!!! I am fearful someone will come for my mommy license.
In other news, one of my friends at church is expecting!! This will be their first and I am so excited!! She will be too if she can find a medicine that makes her stop throwing up!! I had great pregnancy with no sick, so I can't relate. I am praying for her though. That I can do.
Gotta go, we are trying to get as much school as possible today before some friends come to visit. Have a great weekend.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Supermom really got me to thinking with her "Make Me Over" post. Last night was my homeschool support meeting which was glorious. My friend Jennifer rode with me (what was she thinking!!) and when she showed up, she looked gorgeous (she usually does). I decided to go in and put on some lipstick and eyeliner and change shirts. I was having a decent hair day so I looked alright. This topic of "looking our best" came up many times through the night. Several of us were standing in the parking lot talking into the wee hours of the night (a Janice tradition). We concluded no one really likes their hair and no one ever really feels good about how they look. Why is that?? I know I am VERY disappointed about my size. It grieves me every day, and yet I don't do anything to change it. Off and on I have tried things, but nothing too serious for too long. I have some pretty deep-rooted self-esteem issues( a product of the lovely home environment I grew up in) and I guess I hide there with all my baggage. Sorry to get off on that track!!!
I suppose the point of this all is to say that I had my day in my teens and early 20's. I spent alot of money on myself and my hair and I was looking good. I snagged me a man and now that chapter of looking good is closed forever!! Just kidding!! I was still looking good up until I got pregnant and then it was downhill from there. ( : Stop it with the sarcasm crazy woman.
It IS different now. We are a one-income family. I have three children with needs and wants. I have a husband with needs and wants. When I had great hair in my 20s, it was high-maintenance($$). I can't afford that luxury now...actually that isn't true, I WON'T afford that luxury now. It is a corner I DECIDED to cut. I do the best I can with what GOD gave me and it all works out OKAY. There will come a day when there will time and money to spend on myself. I can wait. Until then, yard sale treasures in my size and good hair days are a blessing. $100 beauty days are not. I can handle it. I am not a martyr, I am a realist. Beauty costs big bucks, even if you shop at Walmart. I would rather take a vacation with my family then get my roots touched up. I would rather get the curriculum I want than have a spa day. I am making some sacrifices. Do I feel empty and depleted and neglected? NO, quite the contrary, the things I am not participating in make me more in touch with the woman God calls me to be.
Please don't think I am judging anyone who gets their hair done or spends alot of money on clothes. We are all unique-there is no mold every woman fits in(contrary to the world's view)The truth is, I have never liked make-up and hair the way some women I know do. I always liked doing sports and outdoorsy things and it always seemed awkward to juggle hair and makeup with the out-of-doors. Bees really like the smell of perfumes and hairspray. Having children was just the straw that broke the camel's back and made me walk away from FRU-FRU forever.
Also, I know when my three girls get to be teenagers, they will be writing Oprah about how awful I look and we will all 5 get an all expense paid trip to Chicago because of how I have let myelf go for so long.
I suppose the point of this all is to say that I had my day in my teens and early 20's. I spent alot of money on myself and my hair and I was looking good. I snagged me a man and now that chapter of looking good is closed forever!! Just kidding!! I was still looking good up until I got pregnant and then it was downhill from there. ( : Stop it with the sarcasm crazy woman.
It IS different now. We are a one-income family. I have three children with needs and wants. I have a husband with needs and wants. When I had great hair in my 20s, it was high-maintenance($$). I can't afford that luxury now...actually that isn't true, I WON'T afford that luxury now. It is a corner I DECIDED to cut. I do the best I can with what GOD gave me and it all works out OKAY. There will come a day when there will time and money to spend on myself. I can wait. Until then, yard sale treasures in my size and good hair days are a blessing. $100 beauty days are not. I can handle it. I am not a martyr, I am a realist. Beauty costs big bucks, even if you shop at Walmart. I would rather take a vacation with my family then get my roots touched up. I would rather get the curriculum I want than have a spa day. I am making some sacrifices. Do I feel empty and depleted and neglected? NO, quite the contrary, the things I am not participating in make me more in touch with the woman God calls me to be.
Please don't think I am judging anyone who gets their hair done or spends alot of money on clothes. We are all unique-there is no mold every woman fits in(contrary to the world's view)The truth is, I have never liked make-up and hair the way some women I know do. I always liked doing sports and outdoorsy things and it always seemed awkward to juggle hair and makeup with the out-of-doors. Bees really like the smell of perfumes and hairspray. Having children was just the straw that broke the camel's back and made me walk away from FRU-FRU forever.
Also, I know when my three girls get to be teenagers, they will be writing Oprah about how awful I look and we will all 5 get an all expense paid trip to Chicago because of how I have let myelf go for so long.
Monday, August 14, 2006
Okay, this is a total stranger from the poison ivy hall of fame pictures-don't go there-EEEWWW!!! but VERY similar to what Lilly woke up looking like Saturday morning. Her eye was actually swollen shut and it looked as though someone had gotten a good punch in. When she said "Mom I think this is a little bit of poison ivy on my chin, it really itches." I looked at it sure, I thought it was a very vague rash and took no further action, kissed her goodnight and did not give it anohter thought until I saw her Sat morning!!!!! Proud Mommy moment # 10,054. We had lots of running to do after our call to the doctor. Plus I had promised the big girls yard saling, so we had alot of 'splaining to do-ALL DAY!! Lilly was very happy to have a new story though. She lives to talk, don't know where she gets it!!
Yesterday, she added to her already blemished face with a fall on her face and knees when our dog (BUDDY the wonder dog-we wonder where he came from and why he chose to stay)played leapfrog with her. When she comes down with the pox on the 22nd, will I even know it??? She will have so many "healing spots" we won't recognize them!!
Erika and Kayla are getting settled into their new school routine very well. I am keeping better records this year and we are doing alot more work. I ordered the last of my curriculum and it should be arriving any day. I am very pleased with my choices this year. Usually that lasts until Christmas when I want to set it all on fire and start on something else. I AM FUN!!
Flipflopmamma, I can obviously post pictures from anywhere except the disc my cousin gave me!! I love my computer challenged-ness.
Busy week this week!! I am hoping to get in late on a consignment sale that starts tonight. First music class for Lilly(it is all she talks about!) and also first homeschool support group meeting. Must take big girls shopping with their birthday money before the outbreak!! Also must stock up on fun stuff for the outbreak as well, like oatmeal and the pantyhose to hold it for soothing baths!! Maybe we can oatmeal the pool! I love my crazy life!! The more I prep, the more likely we are to not catch!! That would be EXACTLY my luck!!
Also, we have been blessed three times in the last month with wonderful hand-me-downs. I think it is because I am holding a little looser to our stuff than I ever have!! I keep having names pop into my head of people I can share our hand-me-downs with. Giving away is wonderful. My house is slowly but surely uncluttering!!
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