Zits...

Sarah has a sore under her lower lip that kinda looks like a cold sore. I was putting some lotion on it when she asked me what I thought it was. I told her it might be a cold sore but I wasn't completely sure. Then she said, "I think it is one of those things that you and Dad have." I said "What?, Zits!" "Yep" Very embarrassing but funny at the same time.

Eating Glue

You know your child is hungry when he starts to eat his older sister school work project. Sarah made this putty stuff comparable to silly putty out of glue and "this blue stuff"(her words) at school. It was pretty cool and Jack thought it was yummy too. Adam informed me that Jack was chowing down on the glue stuff that was stuck to the stir stick. YUCK! Always Jack eating things he isn't supposed too, like laundry detergent, Imodium, Tums,...all of which required calls to the poison Control Center.

Happy Birthday Jack!

 Today is Jack's 3rd Birthday! Happy birthday little man. 

It's going to be a long winter

It seems like I have been sick a lot lately. Let's see... first I got Bronchitis right before Grace was born, then I got Strep throat and a bladder infection right after she was born which was during Thanksgiving. Then during Christmas I had Mastitis really bad and had to switch antibiotics because the Walk-in-Clinic doctor knowingly wrote me a prescription for a drug that is not safe while nursing so my children's pediatrician had to write me a new script which thankfully worked wonders and was safe for Grace. So now it's the New Year and I have some kind of upper respiratory infection and have almost completely lost my voice. I have had to deal with the reinfestation of lice in Sarah's hair a few weeks ago due to classmates or cousins passing it back and forth, but I think I have finally cured us all from the lice hopefully to never see them again. I ordered a product online that has seemed to really help. And now here I am this morning trying to talk through a squeaky voice and to top it all off Jack has been up since two 0'clock this morning throwing up every 15-25 minutes. I have to give him small amounts of water every 15 minutes to keep him from getting dehydrated. And as you can probably imagine with four kids I have loads of laundry to get to today especially with this mornings vomit sheets piling up. So I must carry on with my motherly duties while following Jack around with a puke bucket. Hopefully he will be feeling better tomorrow because it is his 3rd birthday. Oh yeah and I also had a mole removed from my back a few days ago. This was actually something I was very happy about, although seeing my mole lying on the table next to me after they cut it out turned my stomach, but at least there were no visual abnormalities and so the tests should come back normal. Anyhoo, better get back to my family.... :D

A Meme...

Amie tagged me for this:

Four jobs you have had in your life:
1. Babysitter
2. Secretary/Payroll/Biller for a Psychologist office
3. Answered phones for a Bank
4. Scheduler/Biller for an Orthopedic Center

Four movies you would watch over and over:
1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2. Luther
3. Jane Eyre
4. Any 80's comedy/romance

Four places you have lived:
1. Palmdale, CA
2. Columbia, TN
3. Suttons Bay, MI
4. Traverse City, MI (Beulah, MI too)

Four TV shows you love to watch :
1. Lost
2. Biggest Loser
3. Scrubs
4. King of Queens

Four places you have been on vacation: (all of these were on our 3 wk vacation Out West)
1. Texas
2. New Mexico
3. Arizona
4. California

Four websites you visit daily:
1. Amie's blog
2. Our bank's site
3. A Message Board I am a member of
4. Another Message Board I am am member of

Four of your favorite foods:
1. Seafood
2. Mushrooms
3. Homemade chicken noodle soup
4. Chinese

Four places you would rather be right now:
1. At the beach
2. Sitting down at a restaurant eating good food
3. In California visiting my family
4. On vacation in another country

2005: A Look back through my eyes

Amie tagged me for this reflection of the year 2005.

What did you do in 2005 that you've never done before? Take four kids to the grocery store ;)

Did you keep your New Year's resolutions and will you make more for next year? I did not have a New Years resolutions in 2005. I do however have one this year and intend to keep it.

Did anyone close to you give birth? Absolutely; Amie, Andrea, Kori, Chandra, just to name a few...

Did anyone close to you die? Kinda (he was a family friend)

What countries did you visit? None

What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
All our debts paid

What date from 2005 will remain etched in your memory and why?
Giving birth. Because I always remember those special memories.

What was your biggest achievement of the year? Making friends with a total stranger (usually I am too shy to do this)

What was your biggest failure? Allowing my daughter to get head lice. (Even though it probably really isn't my fault, I still feel like I failed)

Did you suffer illness or injury? Let's see...Bronchitis, Strep throat, bladder infection, and Mastitis

What was the best thing you bought? My patio furniture

Where did most of your money go? Electric and gas bills

What did you get really, really, really excited about? I agree with Amie here. When my sister got pregnant again after a stressful time.

What scripture is a theme of 2005? Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not more important than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Matthew 6:25-27

Compared to this time last year are you:
a. Happier or sadder? Happier
b. Thinner or fatter? Fatter
c. Richer or poorer? About the same

What do you wish you'd done more of? Reading the Bible with the kids

What do you wish you'd done less of? Complaining

How did you spend Christmas? With family

Did you fall in love in 2005? Yes, Grace was born in '05, but I fall more in love with all my family year after year

What was your favorite TV show? Lost

What was the best book you read? Francine Rivers; Mark of the Lion Series

What was your greatest musical discovery of 2005? Huh?

What did you want and get? New comforter for my bedroom

What did you want and not get? A million dollars

What was your favorite film this year? Can't recall

What did you do on your birthday? Went out to dinner and bought maternity clothes

What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Taking the kids to Disney World

How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005? Simple. Jeans and tee shirts

What kept you sane? My wonderful husband

Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? No comment

What political issue stirred you the most? When people blamed President Bush for the Hurricane !?! (retarded)

Who did you miss? My daddy who passed away 6 years ago

Who was the best new person you met? N/A

Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005. I learned to treat head lice with Licex (available online), and a vinegar wrap (to loosen the nits). And to check my kids hair everyday.

Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. You gotta have faith... (even though I don't like this song, it sums up my year.