GRRR!!

Okay- so it sucks to be sick on the weekend! I have had a fever and my chest feels like someone is sitting on it! I think it might be bronchitis- I get it a couple times a year. I dunno- I am just TIRED of being sick! It started with a cold and moved to the chest. Everyone knows that Moms can't get sick! DUH!

I'm ready for Monday too. I may one of the few people in the world who likes Mondays! The kids go back to school! WOOHOO! I get the house to myself! WOOHOO!

Today, my husband was out on the bush hog all day. He got so much done outside. I love the smell of fresh cut grass! It smells so good! I feel bad because while he was out working, I was inside laying around! I did manage to get a couple loads of laundry done- but that's not even enough. I do it all tomorrow. Hopefully, I will be feeling better! Well, it doesn't matter, feeling better or not, it'll have to get done. Ah- the joys of motherhood!

Okay- whiny bog rant over!

Finished with the Biggest Part of school! Bye Bye Theory!

I took my very last Theory class yesterday! Court Reporting school has an 80% drop out rate. Not my school or any 1 school- but an average of all the schools! Of that 80%, most of those drop during Theory- and I made it through it! There were many times that I wanted to throw my machine through the window! There were many times i was in tears by then end of a lesson. Now, I have to finish up a Legal terminology class, medical terminology class and work on speed building. I get asked so many times how much longer i have to finish. I don't have an answer to that. During speed building- you have to pass a speed before you can move on to the next speed. So if you get "stuck" on a speed- you have to stay in that "class" until you pass it. So the time frame varies person to person.

To treat myself for finishing this part- i took myself for a date today! I went and got a pedicure and then went for Chinese! Truthfully, getting a pedicure isn't one of my favorite things to do- but with flip flop season on the horizon- I know I Needed one! I have cute toes and soft feet! Oh yeah- and a fully belly!

So- Curtis- shuffle me up some celebratin' songs!!

1.Low- T-Pain
2. Blowin in the wind- Joan Baez
3. Rocky Top- Loretta Lynn
4.Steel Drums- Jamaican music
5. Pink- Aerosmith
6. LipGloss- Lil Mama
7. Once in awhile- Akon
8. Bless the Broken Road- Rascal Flatts
9. Holiday- Greenday
10. Boom! I got your Boyfriend- Salt-N-Peppa

The very LONG night!

We have a finished basement. It has 3 bedrooms and a den in it. Last night we got the kids tucked in. About a half an hour later one comes upstairs and says, "I think there is a bird in my room. I can hear something in the ceiling rafters." My husband goes downstairs. A few minutes later, 2 of the kids come running upstairs. It wasn't a bird- it was a MOUSE! Now- in case you don't know- I am scared to death of mice. Petrified of them, is more like it! Apparently, the mouse was on the ledge around the top of the ceiling- when my husband hit the wall to see what was up there- it JUMPED down and landed in one of the kids beds then took off! I was scared. But, since it was downstairs, I figured I'd still be able sleep in the house.

About an hour later, something catches my eye in the living room. It was a MOUSE coming out of the fireplace! I scream and jump up on a chair. My husband just stands there! Then a few minutes later I see a mouse around the fireplace again! My husband said it was the same mouse as the first one (around the fireplace). At this point, I'm at heart attack stage. I'm thinking maybe my house is getting over run with mice! I'm thinking there is no way I can sleep in this house tonight. No way- with MICE! ACK! I tell my husband that I am getting a hotel room in town. Well, that didn't set very well with him. We ended up arguing about how "crazy" it was for me to be that scared of a little ole mouse! Whatever! Crazy or not- the fear is there. I give in and go to bed, but I keep the bedside light on and every little noise I heard I was like, "Hey- what was that?" I was still up at 3am looking around the room! LOL!

My husband was not happy because I also kept him up with my, "Did you hear that?" and "What was that noise?" every few minutes! Well, I told him- I shoulda got the hotel room!

This morning he is supposed to go get some poison or something. All I know is- it was a VERY long night!

Basketball, Baseball, Sick Days and my Ipod name!

Today was my sons very last AAU basketball game of the season. It was good/bad. Good because of all the running all over. The practices, the games. Bad because I know he'll miss it until next season. He really does play well and I'm proud of his season.

Baseball season is up and running. I have 2 boys in baseball this year. One on the Senior league and one in the minor league. I just got the schedules for both boys and it looks like I may just need to pop a tent at the ballpark because most of my days will be spent there. One week, I will be there 6 days! LAWSY JANE! It is fun watching the boys play, so as much as I may grip about living at the ballpark, I'll enjoy every minute of watching them play!

Sick days! My husband has been sick. Men don't make very good sickies! My little one, Gracie, has also been sick. Now my oldest daughter is not feeling well and I am getting sick! it's gotta be this kooky weather! It was in the high 70's last week. Beautiful sunny days! The last 2 days have been 40 and cold, windy and rainy! We may even get some snow tonight! Not much accumulation- but 1 freakin flurry is 1 flurry too much! I want those 70 degree temps back! I want the sun back!

I'm so so happy I found my Ipod! I missed it. It's a beauty! It's bright turquoise and full of my favorite tunes! I call it Curtis!

So shuffle up for me Curtis!

1. It's 5 o'clock somewhere- Jimmy Buffet and Alan Jackson
2. This everyday Love- rascal Flatts
3. Walk This Way- Run DMC & Aerosmith
4. Holiday- GreenDay
5. When You're good to Mama- Chicago musical soundtrack
6. Never took the Time- Akon
7. Let's Go Crazy- prince
8. Crazy- Patsy Cline
9. Low- T-pain
10. Cry Cry Cry- Joaquin Pheonix- Walk the Line Soundtrack

HUMP DAY!

Well, what a week! I found out one of my favorite places ever will be closing down. It's not a place I can drive to or fly to. It's not a "physical" place. It's a message board. I know, I know- that sounds like no big deal huh? But this place is different. I have been a member for 6 years now. That's longer than I was married to my first husband! (whom I have 2 kids with!) I have met the most amazing people there! I have went to fun gatherings and laughed and cried and grew as a woman. It has really molded me into who I am now. When my Best friend in the world died, these Ya-Ya's were there to hold me up and help me through it. No matter what is going on, I know I could go there for support, advice, or even to lend MY support to someone.

On a HAPPIER note- I found my Ipod! I can't believe I lost it in the first place! I have 5 kids and each of them have an Ipod. No one has lost theirs- well, except for ME! It has been missing for about 7 months and just when I was thinking it was gone forever, I FOUND IT! What a beaty this little turquiose gem is! I have missed all the new music I had put on it!

So- Let's shuffle up!

1. Fat Bottom Girls-- Queen
2.The Long Day is over-- Nora Jones
3.click click boom--saliva
4. Turn me on- Diana Krall and Norah Jones
5. Loosen Up Buttons- Pussycat Dolls
6. You just call out my name- Carly Simon
7.When the Sun Goes Down- Kenny Chesney & Uncle Kracker
8. All Jacked Up- Gretchen Wilson
9.Remember The Name- Fort Minor
10.I Walk Alone- Green Day

Work! Work! Work!

The only time we have to work outside as a family is on the weekends. My husbands work schedule prevents him from having ANY daylight time at home! That means I am the one doing all the running to the activities that all of the kids have! From volleyball lesson to baseball practice and soon games, from basketball practice and running my oldest daughter to the Vets for her internship! I study all day trying to finish school- and run all evening! AHH- the joys of parenthood.

So today we cut up a fallen tree, cut up wood, cleaned the yards and drug limbs to a brush pile! Then for a treat, after dinner we built a campfire to roast marshmallows! Okay, okay- so Murf (my husband) and I really had a "Survivor competition". He bought some flint- one for each of us. We tied some twine a few feet off the ground. On ready, set, go; we had to run and get our materials and see who could build a fire big enough to burn through the twine the quickest! Let me tell ya- it's a lot harder to get fire with the flint than it looks! I did finally get a fire, but Murf beat me burning through the twine! The kids were standing there cheering us on too! It was a lot of fun. Then we moved the fire to the fire pit outside and sat out and listened to all the lake sounds!

What a great way to end a BUSY weekend!