Aaaaaaaah! The sight of email checking :) I finally got the internet to work again. The first number worked this time.
We finally got the treadmill in the house at 3 AM this morning. Miles moved it into the livingroom this morning as a surprise while I slept. And then he made breakfast! WOW! And Coffee! What a great kid! He even turned off the alarm so I wouldn't wake up while he was cooking. At least he woke me up with breakfast in bed :) Two pieces of toast and some bacon and a HUGE cup of coffee sweet enough to rot teeth LOL. It was GOOOOD!
I called Molly, they are fine. I am still waiting to hear from Flo though. I figured they are probably without power still.
I need to go clean some more today. Yesterday we worked on the kitchen, laundry room, bathrooms (just a quick tidy) and did a 10 minute room rescue in the masterbedroom. This morning we'll start with the morning routine again and work from there. We're doing the livingroom, diningroom and boys bathroom (top to bottom) today. Ah! I love get-ready-for-fall cleaning! It makes me feel so organized and decluttered. Tomorrow we'll do any pretty-up-the-place cleaning and do the boys bedroom (which should take about an hour) and then work on my bedroom starting with the closet for storage.
My hubby won't recognize the place when he comes home LOL
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Sunday, August 28, 2005
The Baker's Chef! (Sorry, I took the blog down. But you can find recipes here.)
This is my new blog for menu's so my wonderful hubby can see what we are eating at home while he is away.
Today we are finishing the bathroom, livingroom and kitchen. We'll hopefully get the diningroom done too. Then all we have to do is pull out the stove and fridge and clean very well! And conquer the bedrooms (the boy's shouldn't be too bad, mine will be a chore!) and then work on the office and guest bathroom.
Tuesday we'll need to run trash and work on the yard. Miles is working on the weedeating right now. I'll go outside when it cools down and start picking up any trash, organizing the toys, and tossing the dogs dishes that look just awful!
Well, my 10 minutes is up so I am going to be good and go for now.
This is my new blog for menu's so my wonderful hubby can see what we are eating at home while he is away.
Today we are finishing the bathroom, livingroom and kitchen. We'll hopefully get the diningroom done too. Then all we have to do is pull out the stove and fridge and clean very well! And conquer the bedrooms (the boy's shouldn't be too bad, mine will be a chore!) and then work on the office and guest bathroom.
Tuesday we'll need to run trash and work on the yard. Miles is working on the weedeating right now. I'll go outside when it cools down and start picking up any trash, organizing the toys, and tossing the dogs dishes that look just awful!
Well, my 10 minutes is up so I am going to be good and go for now.
The Baker's Acres
I've been trying out the features here. So far, I sent an email to the blog and I haven't seen it since. I updated my profile, added links, played around with the design and figured out how to make a link.
The boys are taking a bath together. They made submarines for their bears. This should be interesting LOL. I am thinking of doing a blog for what we eat each day so dh can see a list and not worry too much. I know he does b/c my diet is so limited.
Hmmmm, you know, I think I'll go start on that and see how this Blogthis! works.
Til later.
I've been trying out the features here. So far, I sent an email to the blog and I haven't seen it since. I updated my profile, added links, played around with the design and figured out how to make a link.
The boys are taking a bath together. They made submarines for their bears. This should be interesting LOL. I am thinking of doing a blog for what we eat each day so dh can see a list and not worry too much. I know he does b/c my diet is so limited.
Hmmmm, you know, I think I'll go start on that and see how this Blogthis! works.
Til later.
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
I just spent two days at my mother in laws house so I can continue to work. I am not sure it is worth it to me though. Don't get me wrong, I love my mother in law. I took a few years but we get along great now. We do have our disagreements though. Like, I like to sleep. She likes to wake me up every 20 minutes to ask me a question. "Do you care if the boys watch blablabla?" "Did you eat today?" "Did the boys eat today?" and other questions of normal concern for a mother in law. The concern isn't bothering me... the lack of sleep is!
I work third shift at a nursing home. I NEED to be able to function to do my job. Usually the first night is okay until about 3 AM. I start feeling the effects of no sleep in 24 hours or more. I start yawning so much that I might as well just keep my mouth open. My feet start dragging and I feel the weight of the world on my shoulders. I make sure to guzzle of few cups of Octavia coffee. That has me wired for sound and ready to go... and ready to GO! It works wonders. Once at my mother in laws house, I can sleep for about 1 or 2 hours until the boys get up. Once they are up, I try to stay awake. By the time mother in law gets home, I am exhausted from nearly 36 hours with 1 hour of sleep. I hit the couch because if I curl up in a bed, I will not get back up!
That's when every 20 minutes I get woke up... I try to be polite and conscious and but sometimes it is hard to do. And then the kids ask me questions, "Mom, can I have cookies?" no. "Mom, can I have a burrito?" Sure. "Mom, can I go outside?" sure. "MOM! He looked at me funny and said 'nah nah' and hurt my feelings!" *grrrr* By the time 9pm rolls around, I maybe have 3-4 hours of sleep. I make sure the boys are ready for bed, eat a little something, grab coffee, kiss the boys good-night and head out the door for work running on not much more than fumes.
At work, after my eyes are bloodshot from no sleep, after all the coffee in the world stops helping and after my head starts aching from no sleep... that is when I REALLY feel it. My feet and ankles start hurting, my knees throb, my shoulders ache, my back kills me and I just hurt all over. But I still have to do it. And now with more people to get up on the get up list, I am dying when 5:30 AM hits. By the time I leave, I look like crap, I am walking around in a daze, not much makes sense to me anymore and coffee becomes a laxative. I make it to my mother in laws house in time for her to leave. I collapse on the couch after setting up the breakfast for the boys. I sleep until 11am... a whole 3 hours of sleep. Then we usually pack up, clean the house and drive home. By the time I get home, I am on autopilot. I am too tired to think and do anything... yet, I have to start laundry, dinner, cleaning, homeschooling books, etc. That night we usually have movie night with popcorn and I never make it past the first couple of names that run across the screen. That's even if I make it past the movie makers logo.
It gets better the next day. I am groggy all day but I can function. It'd be so much easier if I could just take the boys to work with me. I could sleep normal while at home, get up, drive to work. Lay little Man in a chair to sleep and Miles would push a barrel or cart and find something to do all night. He'd fall asleep on the way home while Little Man and I had breakfast and chatted. Once home, we'd all take a nap, get up to find Little Man playing quietly in the play area of my room and I wouldn't feel like my head was going to float to the clouds by days end.
I really wish that I didn't have to work. If it were up to me, I wouldn't. I love my job! I really do, but the money is almost not worth the paycheck that doesn't cover a thing now that the gas prices are so high that it costs me 1/3 of what I earn to drive to work.
I'd rather stay home and ENJOY my life rather than just managing to make it through without collapsing from exhaustion.
I work third shift at a nursing home. I NEED to be able to function to do my job. Usually the first night is okay until about 3 AM. I start feeling the effects of no sleep in 24 hours or more. I start yawning so much that I might as well just keep my mouth open. My feet start dragging and I feel the weight of the world on my shoulders. I make sure to guzzle of few cups of Octavia coffee. That has me wired for sound and ready to go... and ready to GO! It works wonders. Once at my mother in laws house, I can sleep for about 1 or 2 hours until the boys get up. Once they are up, I try to stay awake. By the time mother in law gets home, I am exhausted from nearly 36 hours with 1 hour of sleep. I hit the couch because if I curl up in a bed, I will not get back up!
That's when every 20 minutes I get woke up... I try to be polite and conscious and but sometimes it is hard to do. And then the kids ask me questions, "Mom, can I have cookies?" no. "Mom, can I have a burrito?" Sure. "Mom, can I go outside?" sure. "MOM! He looked at me funny and said 'nah nah' and hurt my feelings!" *grrrr* By the time 9pm rolls around, I maybe have 3-4 hours of sleep. I make sure the boys are ready for bed, eat a little something, grab coffee, kiss the boys good-night and head out the door for work running on not much more than fumes.
At work, after my eyes are bloodshot from no sleep, after all the coffee in the world stops helping and after my head starts aching from no sleep... that is when I REALLY feel it. My feet and ankles start hurting, my knees throb, my shoulders ache, my back kills me and I just hurt all over. But I still have to do it. And now with more people to get up on the get up list, I am dying when 5:30 AM hits. By the time I leave, I look like crap, I am walking around in a daze, not much makes sense to me anymore and coffee becomes a laxative. I make it to my mother in laws house in time for her to leave. I collapse on the couch after setting up the breakfast for the boys. I sleep until 11am... a whole 3 hours of sleep. Then we usually pack up, clean the house and drive home. By the time I get home, I am on autopilot. I am too tired to think and do anything... yet, I have to start laundry, dinner, cleaning, homeschooling books, etc. That night we usually have movie night with popcorn and I never make it past the first couple of names that run across the screen. That's even if I make it past the movie makers logo.
It gets better the next day. I am groggy all day but I can function. It'd be so much easier if I could just take the boys to work with me. I could sleep normal while at home, get up, drive to work. Lay little Man in a chair to sleep and Miles would push a barrel or cart and find something to do all night. He'd fall asleep on the way home while Little Man and I had breakfast and chatted. Once home, we'd all take a nap, get up to find Little Man playing quietly in the play area of my room and I wouldn't feel like my head was going to float to the clouds by days end.
I really wish that I didn't have to work. If it were up to me, I wouldn't. I love my job! I really do, but the money is almost not worth the paycheck that doesn't cover a thing now that the gas prices are so high that it costs me 1/3 of what I earn to drive to work.
I'd rather stay home and ENJOY my life rather than just managing to make it through without collapsing from exhaustion.
Saturday, August 20, 2005
I am packed and ready to go to MIL's house for the weekend. We have 3 meals plus 2 snacks packed for each day. I have my uniforms and shoes packed, the boys have 2 changes of clothes packed, plus all the homeschool stuff to kill time while waiting for me to go to work again. After Monday, I have vacation for TEN DAYS! Fifteen if I can stretch it the right way. So I am off for now.
Everyone have a wonderful weekend.
Everyone have a wonderful weekend.
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