I feel a sick day coming on......

Well, not for me, but for the kids anyway. Will has been fighting a cold for the past week and I think it started winning yesterday. Haley has a monstrous headache this evening. I am thinking I have lots of sick time so if I "need" to spend a day at home with sick kids, it would be acceptable. Especially since this week is pretty slow at work. Now, I'm not planning on calling in for a sick day unless it is needed, I'm just saying..........

I don't really have anything to write about, I just feel like I should update my blog more often. If nothing else I should at least just type in one kid funny from the day. Hmmmm.......I'm sure Will gave Amy lots of good stuff today, but all I've gotten from him is snot and poop. Funny sure, but not what I was going for......

Haley has a headache and she is too preteen to be cute funny most days. Hmm....that leaves Hannah, well I have said before that Hannah is the reason blonde jokes were created, but I can't think of anything specific from today.....Guess you'll need to find your humor elsewhere today. Sorry!

Wendy needs.....

Ok so I have had too many way too serious posts lately. One of my friends on Facebook had this list that she put on her profile. She went to Google typed in "laura needs" and typed the first 10 things that came up. It was pretty funny so I thought I would try it. Here is what I got when I typed in "wendy needs":

!. Wendy needs a little time.
2. Wendy needs to warm up to animal welfare.
3. Wendy needs every measuring cup and spoon she can find.
4. Wendy needs some props.
5. Wendy needs a sewing machine.
6. Wendy needs to wake up.
7. Wendy needs help to join the US Cavers forum.
8. Wendy needs mac help fast.
9. Wendy needs help.
10. Wendy needs to get a clue.

I don't know- kind of funny, thought I'd share. Happy Sunday!

What does a penny pincher do on a Saturday?

Well, she cleans house, bakes two kinds of cookies, does laundry, makes lunch, wonders what the heck she is supposed to do with an empty afternoon. I am not used to having time that is not pre- filled. We don't have a lot of non busy weekends in our lives. I shouldn't say non busy, cuz Scott has 2 shoots this afternoon. That is probably why I am feeling so confused with what to do. If he wasn't shooting we would probably be figuring out something to do at the new studio. Just me and the kids at home with no clear plan is very rare. This is what happens when I don't have anything planned: The girls hide in one of their rooms, whispering and talking about pre- pubescent girl stuff, and Will sits at the table with his Playdough for hours.

And this is what my freshly mopped kitchen floor looks like:

But, alas, at least I will have a floor to clean shortly.

This past week has been stressful to say the least. I have gone thru so many emotions this week, scared, frustrated, angry, lost, confused, ashamed, embarrassed and extremely grateful. We have wonderful supportive families and without them I don't know what we would do. To those of you that have offered your help, please know that you mean the world to me and I will repay you in any way that I can. I love you.

I think I will go play some playdough myself. If I have to clean up the mess at the end, I should at least enjoy making it too!

Gimme a P, gimme an O, another O, and another P

....What's that spell? POOP! What do we wish Will could do? POOP! Poor kid, seems like it's been forever since he was able to just poop without a big fuss. I've tried Pedialax, I've tried Miralax, I'm trying to cut down on dairy, nothing seems to really be helping. I've got to figure out some high fiber snacks for him or something. The medications just give him the opposite problem and that is definitely not a better problem! We'll get him regulated someday......

I took a vacation day today so that I could spend the day with the kids. Well, mostly I spent the day with Haley. The Lego Leaguers were all invited to the Pavilion today for lunch, cinedome movies and to spend time at the science center. She had a really great time and I survived a cinedome movie- it was a really rough hour for me, but I made it. I didn't really get to watch the movie, I spent most of the time with my eyes closed, concentrating on breathing so that I wouldn't freak out. I didn't want Haley to be known as the girl with the "freak" mom who can't sit thru a movie! Oh how it would have been so easy to be that freak today! I did get a few pics while we were in the science center. There is a lot of cool stuff there, I think it would be a lot more fun with a lot less kids, but we got in for free so no complaints in this corner!

Back to work and back to school tomorrow. The girls have had a 5 day weekend- too bad it hasn't been just a little bit warmer out. Would have been nice to go to the zoo or something and get out some spring fever. I think I may be feeling the spring "wiggles" more than the kids right now. I am actually looking forward to it being warm enough for me to go running in the mornings again. I know, I could run even in the cold, but I also know that there is no way I will convince myself to not take the first turn toward home when it is this cold out. So for now, I will hang out with Tony Horton (p90x guy) in the mornings and try to get some time on on the elliptical in the evenings. I got on the scale this morning and Yowsers! I can tell that I have been off the diet and exercise wagon for a few weeks. Time to get back on and buckle down! My pants are tight and short season is right around the corner- ooh scary - swimsuit season isn't that far away either! Let's not think about that just yet- too scary- gives me nightmares!

I suppose, I should get some stuff done and get some sweating done too!

Does tomorrow have to be Monday again?

I just deleted the whole first paragraph that I had written right before I was ready to hit publish. It was a complete pity party of one paragraph and no one needs to read that. Sorry that I almost put you thru that......let's just hope that this week brings new hope and happiness. Maybe being Monday again isn't so bad..........

This was actually a pretty productive weekend at the new studio. My dad came and helped out yesterday which made a huge difference. He got the entire place taped for us! That will save us (by "us" I mostly mean Scott) probably a week of work. Now Scott just needs to coat and sand everything to get it ready for texture and paint. I even helped hang the sheetrock - mostly I just put in all of the "extra" screws. But, I spent enough time climbing up and down the ladder to make my calves really sore, so it seems like I did a lot of work everytime I try to take a step- that has to count for something!

Today we went to Royal Fork and to Amy's to celebrate Kirby's b-day. He's going to be 11 tomorrow! Holy cats- how are the kids all getting so big? Kirby will be in middle school next year. We aren't even going to talk about the following year- I am in total denial about that!

I actually remembered to bring my camera with me today and took some pics.
This is Kirby opening the Webkins we got him. Seriously, this is what he wanted. I can't imagine what he would have looked like if I had gotten him something he didn't want. It seems preteen boys are just as strange as preteen girls. You never really know what to expect for a reaction! Too funny- he had the same reaction to getting his own cell phone too!

Will got a little grandpa time in while Kirby was opening his presents. Don't they both look really excited?

Haley took this picture of Kyra. I don't know why, I just felt the need to post it on the internet for the whole world to see. I am sure Kyra would greatly appreciate it as well! Something must have been really super funny! I'm not even kidding- oh I know, right?

Belly fat, tax returns and human error

Yup, that sums up this week so far. I have been REALLY bad on my diet and excercise for the last 2 weeks and I can see it now. AAACK! But, I still can't get myself motivated to change it- what is going on?

I did our taxes last night- wonder of wonders- we are getting money back this year! We made less and paid in more this past year, which really sucks, but at least we are getting some of it back! For the first time in a few years I will not be waiting until April 15 to mail it in!

I screwed something up at work this week- well, actually I screwed up in November, but it didn't affect anything until this week. Don't worry- I didn't do anything that affects a patient! Just the doctor- the one who could decide to kick me out the door. Hopefully by Monday when she is back in the office she will be over it. No life or death issue, just an inconvenience thing. Most people just really don't like inconveniences- especially doctors!

Today we have both girls's conferences. At least I don't ever have to worry about them. The girls are both well behaved at school so there aren't ever any surprises.

Willism: "mommy, my butt feels weird. I don't like farting, it tickles funny." OH- and this was in the middle of Hy-Vee- makes it funnier doesn't it? I thought so.