Snotty

I had a little bit of issues with my sinuses yesterday, but I woke up this morning feeling like all the mucus is about to make my head explode and I seem to be losing my voice. Stupid sinuses!!

On top of feeling miserable, I'm still freaking hungry! All. The. Time. Seriously, stomach, I just fed you. STFU! Tell me this will eventually go away!!! Arrrgh!

AWWWW!!!

Had a good time with friends this morning. We met for coffee and breakfast, went shopping for a gift for our friend that just had her baby, then went to the hospital for a visit. Oh. My. Goodness! The cuteness factor was off the charts! Oh and the new baby smell!! Sigh....

Here's a pic of her. Now tell me those aren't the cutest, most pinchable little cheeks!!!

Oh baby, baby!

One of my friends had her baby today! She was induced this morning at 8:30 and had baby at 1:26 pm. Not bad! I'm so happy for her and can't wait to go meet up with my gals for coffee in the morning and then go see her and her new baby girl!

Ggggrrrrrooooowwwwlllll....

What was that noise? Oh, that would be my stomach! Ugh, I hate feeling hungry all the freaking time!!

Poor little man

So, a couple of weeks ago, my son slammed his finger in the front door. How? I don't know. I cleaned off the cut and wrapped it in a band-aid with antibiotic ointment. He has been keeping it wrapped in a band-aid ever since. (The kid loves band-aids. He is always looking for an excuse to wear one. "oh look, I have a scab, I need a band-aid".)

Anyway, the school nurse called me yesterday and told me he had come down to her complaining that his finger hurt really badly and she thought it looked really infected. So, when he got home, I took his bandage off and looked at his finger - right by his nail - where it had been cut and it looked a little red, but nothing terrible. Then, I saw on the other side of his finger (finger tip) there was a greenish colored bump! What the heck? How is it infected there?!

So, I ended up taking him in to be seen for it. The doctor had to drain the pus out of his finger then packed the hole with a little bit of cloth to keep it open so any further infection could be "wicked" out. I have to take him back tomorrow to get it removed and checked on.

Meanwhile, he is on an antibiotic for the infection. This antibiotic is very upsetting to the stomach. The pharmacist informed me that he should definitely take it with food and drink lots of water while on it to help limit the side effects. This morning, he took his second dose, but did not eat first....he ended up vomiting it up about 2 minutes after taking it. This should be a fun 10 days!

Poor baby!! :(

Ain't that the truth!

I saw this posted on fb today and thought about how true it is:



I think we've all felt this way at some point in our lives.

Drum roll please.....

It's a girl! Very excited to be getting a niece!

A boy and his pup!

Look who fell asleep in my bed the other night....

Thinking Pink!

Tomorrow evening, I will be going with my brother and SIL (among other family) to their 3D ultrasound to hopefully find out if they are having a girl or a boy. This is their 4th and final baby so, after three boys, they are hoping for a little girl. Of course, they just wish for him or her to be healthy, but adding a little pink to their sea of blue would be a welcomed change. :)

Apples!

A couple of weekends ago, I took my two youngest kiddos apple picking. We got a ton of apples and made a delicious apple crisp! Here are a few pics of my babies picking apples:


Hiding






Young Vanna


I couldn't resist capturing this one! ;)

Shopping

Got to spend some girl time with my oldest this evening. We did a little clothes shopping. Which basically means I walked back and forth from the clothes to the dressing room about 1500 times while she tried on every pair of jeans in the store and a million shirts! In the end, we walked away with 4 shirts, a pair of jeans, a pair of yoga pants, and $20 in Kohls cash. I spent a bit more on her jeans than I would have preferred, but all of the other jeans were way too long on her. Levi's had "short" jeans, so we went with those.

Sometime within the next couple of weeks, I will have to take her shopping for a homecoming dress. That should be even more fun. :-|

59 Degrees

I LOVE this weather!!!

My weekend

Friday: Not a whole heck of a lot. Stayed home basically all day, except for picking my eldest up from an after-school event and then dropping her back off for the football game. Fell asleep kind of early.

Saturday: Met 3 of my friends from nursing school for breakfast. It was so nice to see them! We were missing a couple of people from our "group" but it was still good. I miss seeing them all almost every day! I came home from that and made buckeyes for the Ohio State game then dropped my middle child off at a party.

After that, I decided that, since I had a coupon for a hair cut at First Choice, I would go for it. I am surprisingly not disappointed with the result. I didn't go too short, but did take a few inches off of the length. It's still past my shoulders (at least the longest layers). Then, since I got the cut, I went to the store and bought some color. I found a foam color that you basically put in like a shampoo. None of this separating your hair into a million little 1-2 inch strip business. I can actually do this color completely by myself!

I picked up my daughter from her party and came home and colored my hair. It actually turned out really well. So all in all, total spent on my hair this time: $20. Less than a third of what I would have spent at the salon. Go me!

Today: Nothing really planned other than a parade in town this afternoon. My oldest is marching in it with the color guard, so I will need to plant my butt somewhere and watch it. :)

Old Friends

I just got off the phone after talking for over 2 hours with an old friend of mine. She used to come into town, from Florida, to stay with her grandparents every summer when we were kids and we would be inseparable. I hadn't seen or talked to her in around 13-14 years. We recently reconnected on fb. It was so nice catching up with her! We chatted as if no time had passed since we'd last spoken. My head is actually hurting right now from laughing so hard. I totally needed that!

A hairy situation....

Well, it is that time again. Time to do something with my hair! But what? That is the first question. It definitely needs a trim at the very least. It has been since spring since I had anything done with it at all. So, I have to decide if I want to let it grow out or cut it shorter. I definitely want to go a little darker for fall.

The second question is: do I want I want to make an appointment with my hair dresser, whom I know will do a good job, drive 45 minutes and pay the money it costs to have her do it...or do I want to go spend a lot less and go to a strip mall hair cutting place for a trim/cut and then buy color to do myself?

In the past, I generally end up leaving strip mall hair cutters feeling unsatisfied with the job they did with my hair. And I know that coloring my own hair takes a lot of work, especially since my hair is getting pretty long.

Oh, what to do, what to do??

Weekend Trip

This past weekend, my oldest daughter, my son, and I went on a little road trip to visit some family in Virginia. While we were there we watched movies, played Balderdash (which I kicked butt at, once again), Phase 10, Kinect, Cornhole, and everyone but my son shot some guns. Great stress reliever, I must say! :) Of course, my son was not happy about not getting to shoot, but he's still a bit too little. Here are a few pics of my girly shooting and a little video:







On the way home, my daughter fell asleep, and my son didn't want his picture taken, so he tried to hide:

Hmmph!

I have been feeling really down lately. I really wish I could kick this feeling! It is so unpleasant!! :(

Strangeness...

I'm not sure what it is about 2:00 a.m. around here, but it seems to be the magic time. As I posted here, we got a knock on the door from the police to tell us the garage door was up about that time earlier in the year. Well, last night at 2:00 a.m. the smoke detectors in the house all started going off. It lasted for only a few seconds, and then stopped. What the heck?! Fortunately, after searching the entire house, there was no fire or smoke to be found. But, man, talk about a rude awakening! Not to mention, just plain strange!

Best. Commercial. Ever.

I love it! Cracks me up every time. And on that note, here are my other 2 kiddos as they start out their school year today in 6th and 2nd grades!





I've taken their pictures in front of the fireplace before the first day of school for the past 3 years. As I look back through the pictures, I'm noticing my fireplace is definitely shrinking.

Sniff, sniff!

My oldest child started high school today! How on earth is that even possible? I am not nearly old enough to have a kid in high school!! Sigh. :/

Here she was this morning around 6:45 getting ready to head out to the bus stop: