William, having thrown up several times over the last few days, has stayed home from church. Mark is the only one left from Elder's Qorum, the others deployed a few weeks ago, and therefore has to give the lesson. So I was the logical choice to stay home with munchkin.
Happy Father's Day, Honey! Now take the kids to church....
And of course, William has seemed fine so far this morning, but Nathan was complaining that his stomach hurt a bit earlier. We sent him anyway since it could just be stomach cramps from the Milk of Magnesia we gave him yesterday. It's hard to say. But William still has the runs so we thought we'd err on the side of caution just in case. It has been really boring. I actually get to sit and enjoy church now with the kids being older. I even get to listen to the talks occasionally! So I am missing being at the meetings this morning. I like leading the songs.
Steph, I don't know who gave what to whom. Amanda was sick a couple days ago too with the same thing! :-) Sorry, just in case.
Plus, not being at church throws my whole Sunday off. I am not hungry at the usual eating times, because I end up grazing all day. And the kids will be harder to deal with later because my routine is off.
But, at least William will not be throwing up or blowing out in Nursery, or getting some other poor little kid sick. And he is being very snuggly, which I love, because all too soon he will be taller than me and won't fit on my lap any more.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
I think my hips just got bigger....
Mmmm, mmmm. I love going to baby showers, the food is always so pretty and delicious. Fruit salad, veggie tray, "chicken pillows", cake, and punch. I posted the cake pictures on my blog. I had 2 plates of food, and a slice of cake. The punch was grape juice concentrate and sprite, not exactly low cal.
And of course the hooded baby towels that I do for new mommies was ooohed and aaahed over. I use the nice big fluffy towel, pleat the center, and a hand towel for the hood. A cute ribbon combination or fabric and ribbon is sewn to the hood. I use the same ribbons to make a matching washcoth, and wrap it all up with the ribbons. These are big enough for kids to use until they are 4 or 5! Moms love them. I actually have sold a couple, which is nice. I have done so many that it only takes me about an hour if I am not interrupted.
These chicken pillows are so yummy! I make a slightly different version. It's chicken, green onions, cream cheese, mozzerella, garlic.... All wrapped in either croissant dough or biscuit dough and baked. I'll make them sometime and post the recipe.
I was exhausted when I got home, had a late night sewing the towel, and the kids let me take a short nap. That should do me until bedtime. I should be cleaning, but I think I'll take it easy and enjoy and piece of cake!
And of course the hooded baby towels that I do for new mommies was ooohed and aaahed over. I use the nice big fluffy towel, pleat the center, and a hand towel for the hood. A cute ribbon combination or fabric and ribbon is sewn to the hood. I use the same ribbons to make a matching washcoth, and wrap it all up with the ribbons. These are big enough for kids to use until they are 4 or 5! Moms love them. I actually have sold a couple, which is nice. I have done so many that it only takes me about an hour if I am not interrupted.
These chicken pillows are so yummy! I make a slightly different version. It's chicken, green onions, cream cheese, mozzerella, garlic.... All wrapped in either croissant dough or biscuit dough and baked. I'll make them sometime and post the recipe.
I was exhausted when I got home, had a late night sewing the towel, and the kids let me take a short nap. That should do me until bedtime. I should be cleaning, but I think I'll take it easy and enjoy and piece of cake!
I love the weekend!
We had a whirlwind of a day yesterday. I had an appointment in Meridian in the afternoon, so decided to go really early and run some errands. Boise has so many more stores than here in town that it isn't funny! So I got the kids up and ready and headed off. First stop was Michaels, a crafting store, where I drooled over some cake decorating stuff. I found the perfect unfinished shelf for my entry. It has wooden pegs for my purse and Mark's hat... I am not sure what color I will paint it, but I am very excited!
We headed over to DI, where I found a swimsuit for Nathan for $1.00. He has one, but ripped a huge hole in it. And let's face it... am I really going to get it fixed? Probably not. Some school pants for Oren for the fall, and a way cute shirt for me.
We had some stuff of Mom's from when they were here last weekend, so we ran over to Caldwell. We got there just as they were eating lunch, so Mom fed us, which was so sweet of her. We did an eat-and-run, because I was running a little behind, and made a mad dash for my appointment. I was coming from a different direction than last time and missed my street and had to backtrack. Luckily I was only 2 minutes late. They are pleased with how well the meds are working so far, but are still going to build the dose a little higher. That's fine with me.
Mark asked me out on a date earlier this week. Tops in Blue was performing on base and would I go see it with him? Oh yeah! We scouted around for a sitter, because my friend is out of town, and found a young man who is perfect! He is the oldest of 9 kids, and pretty mature for 16. He loves to babysit, and brings little kits to entertain the kids. He cleaned up the living room and cleared the table after dinner. After the busy day I had, I didn't want to cook, so now he thinks we are the coolest people ever because we left a check for the pizza guy that was bringing the food! :-)
The concert was really neat. These are the BEST musicians Air Force wide. They try out and only the best are selected. They tour for 2 years and then another group is selected. They dance and sing, with backup musicians. They were really good. They had a "Tina Turner", "Cher"... the theme was classic songs like "The rythym is going to get you", "Footloose", some Boys to Men, a couple of latino pop, Beauty and the Beast. A bunch of others, I don't remember what all there was. Super fast costume changes, lights and smoke, a battle of the drums! I want to go see what they do next year!
We weren't quite ready to go home, so we drove into town and went to TCBY, for some Italian sodas and a white chocolate mousse sundae. Yumm. We grabbed a couple things at Walmart and went back home. Mark took the sitter home while I whipped up a baby towel for a baby shower for today. Blue, with brown and blue ribbon. It was a pretty late night, but lots of fun.
I had to get up early today to decorate the cake for the shower. I will be posting that on my cake blog later. Death by Chocolate. Or as Steph calls it, "the best darn cake in the world". Chocolate fudge cake, with chocolate pudding mix, chocolate chips, and sour cream. Oooooo. I know.... I am going to throw some clothes on and run over to the shower. I think I will need a nap later!
We headed over to DI, where I found a swimsuit for Nathan for $1.00. He has one, but ripped a huge hole in it. And let's face it... am I really going to get it fixed? Probably not. Some school pants for Oren for the fall, and a way cute shirt for me.
We had some stuff of Mom's from when they were here last weekend, so we ran over to Caldwell. We got there just as they were eating lunch, so Mom fed us, which was so sweet of her. We did an eat-and-run, because I was running a little behind, and made a mad dash for my appointment. I was coming from a different direction than last time and missed my street and had to backtrack. Luckily I was only 2 minutes late. They are pleased with how well the meds are working so far, but are still going to build the dose a little higher. That's fine with me.
Mark asked me out on a date earlier this week. Tops in Blue was performing on base and would I go see it with him? Oh yeah! We scouted around for a sitter, because my friend is out of town, and found a young man who is perfect! He is the oldest of 9 kids, and pretty mature for 16. He loves to babysit, and brings little kits to entertain the kids. He cleaned up the living room and cleared the table after dinner. After the busy day I had, I didn't want to cook, so now he thinks we are the coolest people ever because we left a check for the pizza guy that was bringing the food! :-)
The concert was really neat. These are the BEST musicians Air Force wide. They try out and only the best are selected. They tour for 2 years and then another group is selected. They dance and sing, with backup musicians. They were really good. They had a "Tina Turner", "Cher"... the theme was classic songs like "The rythym is going to get you", "Footloose", some Boys to Men, a couple of latino pop, Beauty and the Beast. A bunch of others, I don't remember what all there was. Super fast costume changes, lights and smoke, a battle of the drums! I want to go see what they do next year!
We weren't quite ready to go home, so we drove into town and went to TCBY, for some Italian sodas and a white chocolate mousse sundae. Yumm. We grabbed a couple things at Walmart and went back home. Mark took the sitter home while I whipped up a baby towel for a baby shower for today. Blue, with brown and blue ribbon. It was a pretty late night, but lots of fun.
I had to get up early today to decorate the cake for the shower. I will be posting that on my cake blog later. Death by Chocolate. Or as Steph calls it, "the best darn cake in the world". Chocolate fudge cake, with chocolate pudding mix, chocolate chips, and sour cream. Oooooo. I know.... I am going to throw some clothes on and run over to the shower. I think I will need a nap later!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
How true...
I got this off Rachel's blog. My friend laughed when I read this to her. It is very much like me. I think I would make a very good lawyer, I can talk my way into just about anything! You Should Be a Politician |
 Stubborn and opinionated, you can stand your ground... even if it's unpopular. And while you have strong views, you never overwhelm people with your opinions. A true charmer, you subtly influence people into seeing things your way. You do best when you: - Work according to your own rules - Can change the world with what you do You would also be a good lawyer or talk show host. |
What Should You Be When You Grow Up?
Someplace between here and there
That's what it feels like this week has been. I am either going to someplace or coming home from someplace. I have neither a messy house, nor a clean house. I am not completely bored, but I am not very stimulated either. Today is the first day of this week that I don't have to go all the way into town to go to an appointment or run errands. I try to combine things in town when I can to avoid extra gas consumption - it's $3.95 here. But it made for some busy days.
My laundry is not overflowing, but I am not completely caught up with putting it away. My garden has some flowers and few weeds, but it is not the beautiful, and full, garden I would love. I haven't resorted to eating out this week, but what I have cooked is things like corndogs or cheap pizza or whatever Mark pulls out of the cupboards. No culinary heights for me.
My children have had some fun, played with a friend, gone to the park. But I have not made crafts with them or taken them to the zoo or taken them out to buy their own flowers for the garden to care for.
I am someplace between here and there.
My laundry is not overflowing, but I am not completely caught up with putting it away. My garden has some flowers and few weeds, but it is not the beautiful, and full, garden I would love. I haven't resorted to eating out this week, but what I have cooked is things like corndogs or cheap pizza or whatever Mark pulls out of the cupboards. No culinary heights for me.
My children have had some fun, played with a friend, gone to the park. But I have not made crafts with them or taken them to the zoo or taken them out to buy their own flowers for the garden to care for.
I am someplace between here and there.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Exhausted already
It is only 3:30, and I am ready for bed! We swung out of here and journeyed down to speech therapy. With the main gate closed, it takes me 15 minutes to get off the base, and another 15 to get to town. Yuck! But it's better than the hour + to get to Boise, where we went for 9 months. I got smart this week and brought an Aladdin video and our portable player from the car. I have an AC adapter so I plug it into a socket in the waiting room. Can we say "child friendly office"? That kept Oren from bugging me out of boredom, William only unplugged it once. But William wanted to keep stuffing his face and laid there kicking a door when I told him he'd eaten enough. I was trying hard not to laugh.
By the time we got out of there it was after 12:30, so we grabbed a cheapo lunch from McDonald's dollar menu and headed off to a local park. The boys thought that was the neatest thing, a picnic! It would have been nicer if it hadn't been only 60 and windy, but they didn't care in the least. William discovered you can go up the slide, and had a blast in the swing. Nathan and Oren wouldn't take off their hoods for some good pictures and they didn't' want to stay in one place very long. So I only got pictures of William. They ran around for a good long while before Mommy got too cold and dragged them back to the warmth of the car.
By the way, I love the fact that my phone has a camera. It's not the best camera ever, but often it is the only one available.
Then it was off to the store for chicken. They didn't have any more leg quarters but I wasn't in desperate need of them. So I looked to see if there were any other good deals. I got a few things, and loaded them back in the car. William fell asleep halfway home. We didn't get home until after 2:30. So it was a very long day. Oren has T-ball tonight too, and I have to bring all the kids because Mark has a church meeting. It is cold and windy and I am not looking forward to being out there for an hour. I am not even sure what dinner is going to be! Something using day old french bread bought for $0.75 on the bread sale shelf... (I love a good deal.) Maybe a nice, warming soup that won't burn down the house if left unattended in the oven on low...
A lucky break
I was looking a local grocery store flyer on Sunday and noticed that chicken leg quarters were on sale for $0.66 a pound. That's a pretty good price and we use those quite often. So I wanted to go and get some. Monday is military discount day at the store so I wanted to go, but I couldn't think of anything else that I really needed to get while in town. So I decided not to go, because the cost of gas is too high to make an unecessary trip all the way to town, about 30 minutes away.
Monday morning rolled around and the phone rang. Nathan's therapist will be out of town the end of the week and was wondering if I could reschedule one of his days to Tuesday morning. Sure, why not, I don't have anything else going on. Then it occured to me, the sale goes through till today and I will be in town! I won't get the military discount, which basically equals sales tax, but I still get the good price on the leg quarters. Thank you Miss Gayle!
So in a bit I will be going down to town and partaking of the good deal before me. Then we might go down to the library and find some good books and have some quiet time. I gotta find something to do with the little guys before I go stir crazy. It would be nice to do a zoo day or something.
Monday morning rolled around and the phone rang. Nathan's therapist will be out of town the end of the week and was wondering if I could reschedule one of his days to Tuesday morning. Sure, why not, I don't have anything else going on. Then it occured to me, the sale goes through till today and I will be in town! I won't get the military discount, which basically equals sales tax, but I still get the good price on the leg quarters. Thank you Miss Gayle!
So in a bit I will be going down to town and partaking of the good deal before me. Then we might go down to the library and find some good books and have some quiet time. I gotta find something to do with the little guys before I go stir crazy. It would be nice to do a zoo day or something.
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